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A reckoning together. [R.] Porson.

See Cognizance. [Obs.]

See Cognizant. [Obs.]

See Cognizor. [Obs.]

Nutritious by force of habit; -- said of certain kinds of food. [Obs.] Crabb.

Brave; fine; canny. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

A peculiar toothlike fossil of many forms, found especially in carboniferous rocks. Such fossils are supposed by some to be the teeth of marsipobranch fishes, but they are probably the jaws of annelids.

Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone.

Nearly, but not exactly, conical. Lindley.

Pertaining to a conoid; having the form of a conoid.

One nominated in conjunction with another; a joint nominee. Kirby.

To bring into a square. [R.] Ash.

To shake; to agitate. [Obs.] Harvey. -- Con`quas*sa"tion, n. [Obs.]

means; to reduce; to overcome by force of arms; to cause to yield; to vanquish. "If thou conquer Rome." Shak. If we be conquer'd, let men conquer us. Shak. We conquered France, but felt our captive's charms. Pope.

Capable of being conquered or subdued. South. -- Con"quer*a*ble*ness, n.

A woman who conquers. Fairfax.

One who conquers. The Conqueror (Eng. Hist.). William the Norman (1027-1067) who invaded England, defeated Harold in the battle of Hastings, and was crowned king, in 1066.

The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection; subjugation; victory. In joys of conquest he resigns his breath. Addison. Three years sufficed for the conquest of the country. Prescott.

A game for two, played with 40 cards, in which each player tries to form three or four of a kind or sequences.

Of the same blood; related by birth. Sir T. Browne.