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Digestion. [Obs.]

The act or process of codifying or reducing laws to a code.

An educating together, as of persons of different sexes or races. Co*ed`u*ca"tion*al (, a.

The act of buying the whole quantity of any commodity. [R.] Bacon.

The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produced by it is a nullity, so far as concerns the party coerced. When the force is moral, then the act, though voidable, is imputable to the party doing it, unless he be so paralyzed by terro…

The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended.

The act of thinking; thought; meditation; contemplation. "Fixed in cogitation deep." Milton.

Relationship by blood; descent from the same original; kindred. As by our cognation to the body of the first Adam. Jer. Taylor.

The act of knowing; knowledge; perception. I will not be myself nor have cognation Of what I feel: I am all patience. Shak.

A cognomen or surname. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

The living together of a man and woman in supposed sexual relationship. That the duty of cohabitation is released by the cruelty of one of the parties is admitted. Lord Stowell.

The act or state of sticking together; close union.

Hindrance; restraint. [Obs.]

The process of cohobating. Grew.

One of several signs or sumptoms indicating the same fact; as, a coindication of disease.

Defilement. [Obs.]

The condition of being of equal in intensity; -- applied to relations; as, 3 : 6 and 6 : 12 are relations of cointension. Cointension . . . is chosen indicate the equality of relations in respect of the contrast between their terms. H. Spencer.

A coming together; sexual intercourse; copulation. Grew.

The act or process of straining or filtering. [R.]

The act ofworking together; united labor.