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To unite in one mass or body; to incorporate. [Archaic.] Jer. Taylor.

Growing together, or into union; uniting. [R.] Eclec. Rev.

United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form. The first concrete state, or consistent surface, of the chaos must be of the same figure as the last liquid state. Bp. Burnet.

The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of becoming united, as particles of matter into a mass; solidification.

A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were Hagar and Keturah, the concubines of Abraham; and such concubines were allowed by the Roman laws. Their children were not heirs of their father.

To unite or agree (in action or opinion); to join; to act jointly; to agree; to coincide; to correspond. Mr. Burke concurred with Lord Chatham in opinion. Fox. Tories and Whigs had concurred in paying honor to Walker. Makaulay. This concurs directly with the letter. Shak.

With concurrence; unitedly.

To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products.

Conducting power; -- the reciprocal of resistance. A suggested unit is the mho, the reciprocal of the ohm.

ductivity of a nerve. Thermal conductivity (Physics), the quantity of heat that passes in unit time through unit area of plate whose thickness is unity, when its opposite faces differ in temperature by one degree. J. D. Everett. -- Thermometic conductivity (Physics), the thermal conductivity when the unit of heat empl…

s insect of the family Reduviidæ, often found in houses, esp. in the southern and western United States. It bites severely, and is one of the species called kissing bugs. It is also called big bedbug.

The persons, bodies, states, or nations united by a league; a confederation. The Grecian common wealth, . . . the most heroic confederacy that ever existed. Harris. Virgil has a whole confederacy against him. Dryden.

United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied. All the swords In Italy, and her confederate arms, Could not have made this peace. Shak.

The parties that are confederated, considered as a unit; a confederacy. Articles of confederation. See under Article.

Closely united by the coalescence, or sticking together, of contiguous faces, as in the case of the cotyledons of the live-oak acorn.

ution; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun. Our beautiful votary took an opportunity of confessing herself to this celebrated father. Addison.

by to. Congress may . . . confide to the Circuit jurisdiction of all offenses against the United States. Story.

Community of limits; contiguity. [R.] Bailey.

Running together or uniting, as pimples or pustules.

A society or body of men united for some purpose, or in some profession; a brotherhood.