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Any plant of the genus Rudbeckia; -- so called from the cone- shaped disk of the flower head. Also, any plant of the related genera Ratibida and Brauneria, the latter usually known as purple coneflower.

Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing' shape; figure. It is the variety of configurations [of the mouth] . . . which gives birth and origin to the several vowels. Harris.

To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape. Bentley.

on confines, or near the border of a country; a borderer; a near neighbor. [Obs.] Bacon. Happy confiners you of other lands, That shift your soil, and oft 'scape tyrants' hands. Daniel.

tion; suitableness. Sir J. Reynolds. If congeniality of tastes could have made a marriage happy, that union should have been thrice blessed. Motley.

To shape in accordance with; to make like; to bring into harmony or agreement with; -- usually with to or unto.

One who confuses; a confounder. [Obs.] Chapmen.

To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to. It is the king's most sweet pleasure and affection to congratulate the princess at her pavilion. Shak. To congratulate one's self, to rejoice; to feel satisfaction; to consider one's self h…

Cone-shaped; conical.

etween cause and effect. Whewell. The eternal and inserable connection between virtue and hapiness. Atterbury.

The state or quality of being clear or bright; brightness; conspicuosness. [R.] Chapman.

ent, between two or more persons, to commit a crime in concert, as treason; a plot. When shapen was all his conspiracy From point to point. Chaucer. They made a conspiracy against [Amaziah]. 2 Kings xiv. 19. I had forgot that foul conspiracy Of the beast Caliban and his confederates. Shak.

nt or degree; to complete; to finish; to perfect; to achieve. To consummate this business happily. Shak.

The act of looking forward to an event as about to happen; expectation; the act of intending or purposing. In contemplation of returning at an early date, he left. Reid. To have in contemplation, to inted or purpose, or to have under consideration.

in one's present condition; freedom from discontent; satisfaction; contentment; moderate happiness. Such is the fullness of my heart's content. Shak.

tercourse; chaste. My past life Hath been as continent, as chaste, as true, As I am now unhappy. Shak.

A certain possible event that may or may not happen, by which, when happening, some particular title may be affected.

An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency. His understanding could almost pierce into future contingets. South.

hy loving kindness unto them that know thee. Ps. xxxvi. 10. You know how to make yourself happy by only continuing such a life as you have been long acustomed to lead. Pope.

nexpected and untoward accident; something inopportune or embarassing; a hitch. In this unhappy contretemps. De Quincey.