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An exaggerated estimate of the importance of giving full assent to any particular formula of the Christian faith. Shaff.

To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a necessary sanction; to ratify; as, to confirm the appoinment of an official; the Senate confirms a treaty. That treaty so prejudicial ought to have been remitted rather than confimed. Swift.

nforms to the Church of England, or to the Established Church, as distinguished from a dissenter or nonconformist.

A present, as of corn, wine, or oil, made by a Roman emperor to the soldiers or the people; -- so called because measured to each in a congius. Addison.

Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. See Tea. Of black teas, the great mass is called Congou, or the "well worked", a name which took the place of the Bohea of 150 years ago, and is now itself giving way to the term "English breakfast tea." S. W. Williams.

A formal assembly, as of princes, deputies, representatives, envoys, or commissioners; esp., a meeting of the representatives of several governments or societies to consider and determine matters of common interest. The European powers strove to . . . accommodate their differences at the congress of Vienna. Alison.…

periodically divided (according to population), each of which is entitled to elect a Representative to the Congress of the United States.

A member of the Congress of the United States, esp. of the House of Representatives.

ty; suitable; agreeing; corresponding. The congruent and harmonious fitting of parts in a sentence. B. Jonson. Congruent figures (Geom.), concurring figures.

of Rome deny that her enemies do at all appertain to the church of Christ Hooker. A whole sentence may fail of its congruity by wanting one particle. Sir P. Sidney.

Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; -- frequently used in pure and applied mathematics with reference to two quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc. Conjugate axis of a hyperbola (Math.), the line through the center of the curve, perpendicular to the line through the two foci.…

A connective or connecting word; an indeclinable word which serves to join together sentences, clauses of a sentence, or words; as, and, but, if. Though all conjunctions conjoin sentences, yet, with respect to the sense, some are conjunctive and some disjunctive. Harris.

failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or co

ence is the reason, employed about questions of right and wrong, and accompanied with the sentiments of approbation and condemnation. Whewell.

Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or more parties.

Agreement; accord; consent. That traditional consensus of society which we call public opinion. Tylor.

To yield consent; to agree; to acquiesce. [Obs.] Augment or alter . . . And we'll consign thereto. Shak.

That which is consigned; the goods or commodities sent or addressed to a consignee at one time or by one conveyance. To increase your consignments of this valuable branch of national commerce. Burke.

wel; a member of the spoken alphabet other than a vowel; also, a letter or character representing such a sound.

A body of constituents, as the body of citizens or voters in a representative district.