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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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dealing with (a person or problem) directly; taking the bull by the horns. Syn. -- braving, coping with, grappling, tackling. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

CONNING TOWER n.

The shotproof pilot house of a war vessel.

CONSENTINGLY adv.

With consent; in a compliant manner. Jer. Taylor.

CONSEQUENCING n.

Drawing inference. [R.] Milton.

CONSIDERINGLY adv.

With consideration or deliberation.

Adapted to console or comfort; cheering; as, this is consoling news.

CONSPIRINGLY adv.

In the manner of a conspirator; by conspiracy. Milton.

act itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink. [R.] Strong liquors . . . intoxicate, constringe, harden the fibers, and coagulate the fluids. Arbuthnot.

CONSTRINGENT a.

Having the quality of contracting, binding, or compressing. Thomson.

That consults. Consulting physician (Med.), a physician who consults with the attending practitioner regarding any case of disease.

CONSUMINGLY adv.

In a consuming manner.

CONTEMNINGLY adv.

Contemptuously. [R.]

CONTESTINGLY adv.

In a contending manner.

See Contingency.

CONTINGENCY n. 5 definitions

Union or connection; the state of touching or contact. "Point of contingency." J. Gregory.

CONTINGENT a. 5 definitions

Possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual. Weighing so much actual crime against so much contingent advantage. Burke.

CONTINGENTLY adv.

In a contingent manner; without design or foresight; accidentally.

CONTINGENTNESS n.

The state of being contingent; fortuitousness.

CONTRADISTINGUISH v.

To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities. These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished. Locke.

CONVENTICLING a.

Belonging or going to, or resembling, a conventicle. [Obs.] Conventicling schools . . . set up and taught secretly by fanatics. South.