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To plot; to plan; to combine for. Angry clouds conspire your overthrow. Bp. Hall.

This act of defiling; defilement; pollution. Bp. Hall.

on, or secured by, a constitution; as, constitutional government; constitutional rights. Hallam.

; naturally; as, he was constitutionally timid. The English were constitutionally humane. Hallam.

of construction that would be put on this act, become liable to the penalties of treason. Hallam. Strictly, the term [construction] signifies determining the meaning and proper effect of language by a consideration of the subject matter and attendant circumstances in connection with the words employed. Abbott. Interpre…

The act of ravishing; violation; defilement. Bp. Hall.

tion; having the privilege or right of conference. "A consultative . . . power." Abp. Bramhall.

o waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour. If he were putting to my house the brand That shall consume it. Shak. Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume. Matt. vi. 20 (Rev. Ver. ). Let me alone . . . that I may consume them. Ex. xxxii. 10.

il, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile. Shall we now Contaminate our figures with base bribes Shak. I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated. Goldsmith.

To struggle for; to contest. [R.] Carthage shall contend the world with Rome.Dryden.

ified limits; as, the contents of a cask or bale or of a room; the contents of a book. I shall prove these writings . . . authentic, and the contents true, and worthy of a divine original. Grew.

ncounter. The late battle had, in effect, been a contest between one usurper and another. Hallam. It was fully expected that the contest there would be long and fierce. Macaulay.

former king had involved himself so frequently in the labyrinth of continental alliances. Hallam.

e. The remarkable position of the queen rendering her death a most important contingency. Hallam.

To be permanent or durable; to endure; to last. But now thy kingdom shall not continue. 1 Sam. xiii. 14.

he truth of a statement or assertion; contrary declaration; gainsaying. His fair demands Shall be accomplished without contradiction. Shak.

because sin is displeasing to God; humble penitence; through repentance. My future days shall be one whole contrition. Dryden.

le frame of the universe than infinite wisdom. Tillotson. neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught against his life. Hawthorne.

Controversial. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

t. Boyle. The vast dome of its cathedral . . . directing its convergent curves to heaven. Hallam.