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one's own thoughts or mental operations. Some are thinking or conscious beings, or have a power of thought. I. Watts.

expectation; esp., inward sense of guilt or innocence. [R.] An honest mind is not in the power of a dishonest: to break its peace there must be some guilt or consciousness. Pope.

ent or agreement to, or concurrence in, some act or purpose, implying physical and mental power and free action.

Importance with respect to what comes after; power to influence or produce an effect; value; moment; rank; distinction. It is a matter of small consequence. Shak. A sense of your own worth and consequence. Cowper. In consequence, hence; for this cause. -- In consequence of, by reason of; as the effect of.…

Having the power or quality of conservation.

Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.

onious; congruous; compatible; uniform; not contradictory. Show me one that has it in his power To act consistent with himself an hour. Pope. With reference to such a lord, to serve and to be free are terms not consistent only, but equivalent. South.

Tending or having power to consolidate; healing.

An officer of the peace having power as a conservator of the public peace, and bound to exeute the warrants of judicial offiers. Bouvier.

The district to which a constable's power is limited. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

Having the power of electing or appointing. A question of right arises between the constituent and representative body. Junius.

To appoint, depute, or elect to an offie; to make and empower. Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine. Wordsworth. Constituted authorities, the officers of government, collectively, as of a nation, city, town, etc. Bartlett.

The agregate of all one's inherited physical qualities; the aggregate of the vital powers of an individual, with refernce to ability to endure hardship, resist disease, etc.; as, a robust constitution. Our constitutions have never been enfeebled by the vices or luxuries of the oid world. Story.

Having power to enact, establish, or create; instituting; determining. Sir W. Hamilton.

The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression.

aving ability to construct or form; employed in construction; as, to exhibit constructive power. The constructive fingers of Watts. Emerson.

Of or pertaining to a consul; performing the duties of a consul; as, consular power; consular dignity; consular officers.

ining to consultation; having the privilege or right of conference. "A consultative . . . power." Abp. Bramhall.

Having the power of contemplation; as, contemplative faculties. Ray.

Power of containing; capacity; extent; size. [Obs.] Strong ship's, of great content. Bacon.