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a parallelogram. (Math.) See Gnomon. -- In her complement (Her.), said of the moon when represented as full.

nd; as, the completion of an undertaking, an education, a service. The completion of some repairs. Prescott.

A settled state; calmness; sedateness; tranquillity; repose. "We seek peace and composure." Milton. When the passions . . . are all silent, the mind enjoys its most perfect composure. I. Watts.

To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion. To pardon all who had been compromised in the late disturbances. Motley.

A report of an officer or agent.

he words conception, concept, notion, should be limited to the thought of what can not be represented in the imagination; as, the thought suggested by a general term. Sir W. Hamilton.

, or is collaterally connected with another; a companion; an associate; an accompaniment. Reproach is a concomitant to greatness. Addison. The other concomitant of ingratitude is hardheartedness. South.

censure; blame; disapprobation. In every other sense of condemnation, as blame, censure, reproof, private judgment, and the like. Paley.

. Many are apt to believe remission of sins, but they believe it without the condition of repentance. Jer. Taylor.

A repository for holding things; a hinding place.

ach of marital duty, as adultery, with an implied condition that the offense shall not be repeated. Bouvier. Wharton.

To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; -- usually followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers. By thy command I rise or fall, In thy protection I confide. Byron. Judge before friendships, then confide till death. Young.

k. Confidence game, any swindling operation in which advantage is taken of the confidence reposed by the victim in the swindler. -- Confidence man, a swindler. -- To take into one's confidence, to admit to a knowledge of one's feelings, purposes, or affairs.

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.…

e is 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.

A peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi, and often containing zoöspores.

und in the hemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless oil, C8H17N, of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the motor nerves. Called also coniine, coneine, conia, etc. See Conium, 2.…

used especially in diplomatic or stately correspondence. The undersigned has the honor to repeat to Mr. Hulseman the assurance of his high consideration. D. Webster. The consideration with which he was treated. Whewell.

body; to bring together in close union; to combine; as, to consolidate the armies of the republic. Consolidating numbers into unity. Wordsworth.