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ions; informal dialogue. The influence exercised by his [Johnson's] conversation was altogether without a parallel. Macaulay.

bout, concerning, etc., before a thing. Companions That do converse and waste the time together. Shak. We had conversed so often on that subject. Dryden.

To feast together; to be convivial. [Obs.] "There, in the full, convive we." Shak.

To convoke; to call together. [Obs.] May (Lucan).

To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons. There remained no resource but the dreadful one of convoking a parliament. palfrey.

Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of the leaves of plants in æstivation.

The state of being rolled upon itself, or rolled or doubled together; a tortuous or sinuous winding or fold, as of something rolled or folded upon itself. Blackmore.

To roll or wind together; to roll or twist one part on another. Then Satan first knew pain, And writhed him to and fro convolved. Milton.

Operating together; as, coöperant forces.

The act of coöperating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor. Not holpen by the coöperation of angels. Bacon.

Equal in rank or order; not subordinate. Whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or many coördinate powers presiding over each country. Law. Conjunctions joint sentences and coördinate terms. Rev. R. Morris. Coördinate adjectives, adjectives disconnected as regards ane another, but referring equally to the…

One who has an equal portion with others of an inheritance. All the coparceners together make but one heir, and have but one estate among them. blackstone.

To unite in sexual intercourse; to come together in the act of generation.

The coming together of male and female in the act of generation; sexual union; coition.

A prefix signifying with, together, etc. See Com-.

The coral or skeleton of a zoöphyte, whether calcareous of horny, simple or compound. See Coral.

A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.

sand." Bp. Hall. "A corn of powder." Beau & Fl. Corn ball, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. -- Corn bread, bread made of Indian meal. -- Corn cake, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake. -- Corn cockle (Bot.), a weed (Agrostemma or Lychnis Githago), having bright flow…

The human body, whether living or dead. [Obs.] See Corpse, 1. By what craft in my corps, it cometh [commences] and where. Piers Plowman.

A human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuosly. [Obs.]