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d or evil. The schools reduce all the passions to these two heads, the concupiscible and irascible appetite. South.

ued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation. Motley.

To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to compare.

essels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hyperas, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs.

y tissue is one of its many forms, and cartilage and bone are sometimes included by the phrase.

Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed; as, a constrained manner; a constrained tone.

sense or intention of; to interpret; to understand. Thus we are put to construe and paraphrase our own words to free ourselves either from the ignorance or malice of our enemies. Bp. Stilingfleet. And to be dull was construed to be good. Pope.

he English, pronunciation. The Continental method of Greek pronunciation is often called Erasmian.

d; to forbid. [Obs.] The law severly contrabands Our taking business of men's hands. Hudibras.

Something contracted or abbreviated, as a word or phrase; -- as, plenipo for plenipotentiary; crim. con. for criminal conversation, etc.

Distinction by contrast. That there are such things as sins of infirmity in contradistinction to those of presumption is not to be questioned. South.

having the quality of contradistinction; distinguishing by contrast. -- Con`tra*dis*tinc"tive, n.

To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities. These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished. Locke.

An unexpected and untoward accident; something inopportune or embarassing; a hitch. In this unhappy contretemps. De Quincey.

A word or phrase used in conversation; a colloqualism.

the conversion of a horse. Or bring my action of conversion And trover for my goods. Hudibras.

A simpleton. [Obs.] It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony and cony catcher. Diet's Dry Dinner (1599).

A fish, the European striped wrasse.

others; to concur in action, effort, or effect. Whate'er coöperates to the common mirth. Crashaw.

omic weight 63.3. It is one of the most useful metals in itself, and also in its alloys, brass and bronze.