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To come together; to meet; to unite. [R.] In shortsighted men . . . the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom. Sir I. Newton.

To make designs in art, according to conventional principles. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t., 2.

Over a signal number, when it refers to the signal number of an officer in the Annual Navy Register.

To deceive; to cheat; to trick. [Obs.] Take heed, Signor Baptista, lest you be cony-catched in the this business. Shak.

A peculiar whistling sound made by the Australian aborigenes as a call or signal. [Written also cooie.]

A plate of polished copper on which a design or writing is engraved.

inal; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; as, to copy a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.; -- often with out, sometimes with off. I like the work well; ere it be demanded (As like enough it will), I'd have it copied. Shak. Let this be copied out, And keep it safe for our remembrance. Shak.…

The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons. This right may be had in maps, charts, engravings, plays, and musical compositions, as well as in books.

A prefix signifying with, together, etc. See Com-.

Anything that comforts, gladdens, and exhilarates. Charms to my sight, and cordials to my mind. Dryden.

ey or other religious house for the sustenance of such of the king's servants as he may designate to receive it. [Written also corrody.]

The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the act of investing a prince with the insignia of royalty, on his succeeding to the sovereignty.

into the cause of any violent, sudden or mysterious death, or death in prison, usually on sight of the body and at the place where the death occurred. [In England formerly also written and pronounced crowner.]

In Greek grammar, a sign ['] sometimes placed over a contracted syllable. W. W. Goodwin.

it; to answer; -- followed by to. Words being but empty sounds, any farther than they are signs of our ideas, we can not but assent to them as they correspond to those ideas we have, but no farther. Locke.

tance, who has been invited to correspond with the society, and aid in carrying out its designs without taking part in its management.

Anything done deceitfully, and which could not be properly designated by any special name, whether belonging to contracts or not. Burrill.

Signals made by burning lights of different colors and used by vessels at sea, and in the life-saving service; -- named after their inventor.

Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan. The counsel of the Lord standeth forever. Ps. xxxiii. 11. The counsels of the wicked are deceit. Prov. xii. 5.

. -Counter parole (Mil.), a word in addition to the password, given in time of alarm as a signal. -- Counter plea (Law), a replication to a plea. Cowell. -- Counter pressure, force or pressure that acts in a contrary direction to some other opposing pressure. -- Counter project, a project, scheme, or proposal brough…