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To To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot; -- used with together.

To throw violently; to hurl. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Furnished with cloisters. Sir H. Wotton.

induce France and Holland to close upon some measures between them to our disadvantage." Sir W. Temple. -- To close with. (a) To accede to; to consent or agree to; as, to close with the terms proposed. (b) To make an agreement with. -- To close with the land (Naut.), to approach the land.

A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor. Sir P. Sidney.

Joint help; coöperation. Sir T. Browne.

Coadunation. [R.] Sir M. Hale.

The side of a thing. [Obs.] Sir I. Newton.

nsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; rubbish. The dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age. Sir P. Sidney.

A chief man; a leader or master. [Humorous] Sir Andrew is the cock of the club, since he left us. Addison.

Equally extensive; having as, consciousness and knowledge are coextensive. Sir W. Hamilton. -- Co`ex*ten"sive*ly, adv. -- Co`ex*ten"sive*ness, n.

ceivable; thinkable. Creation is cogitable by us only as a putting forth of divine power. Sir W. Hamilton.

Given to thought or contemplation. Sir H. Wotton.

Participation of the same nature. Sir T. Browne. A like temper and cognation. Sir K. Digby.

One bearing the same name; a namesake. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Capable of being known. "Matters intelligible and cognoscible." Sir M. Hale.

ry. No small number of the Danes became peaceable cohabitants with the Saxons in England. Sir W. Raleigh.

s materially improved in conductivity by the influence of Hertzian waves; -- so called by Sir O. J. Lodge in 1894 on the assumption that the impact of the electic waves caused the loosely connected parts to cohere, or weld together, a condition easily destroyed by tapping. A common form of coherer as used in wireless t…

. The very concurrence and coincidence of ao many evidences . . . carries a great weight. Sir M. Hale. Those who discourse . . . of the nature of truth . . . affirm a perfect coincidence between truth and goodness. South.

To inhere or exist together, as in one substance. Sir W. Hamilton.