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ing 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.

congruous that God should be always frightening men into an acknowledgment of the truth. Atterbury.

rose and the red: Smille heaven upon his fair conjunction. Shak. Man can effect no great matter by his personal strength but as he acts in society and conjunction with others. South.

se and effect. Whewell. The eternal and inserable connection between virtue and hapiness. Atterbury.

Forbearing to see; designedly inattentive; as, connivent justice. [R.] Milton.

conscience, as many as you should require." Swift. -- To make conscience of, To make a matter of conscience, to act according to the dictates of conscience concerning (any matter), or to scruple to act contrary to its dictates.

In a conscientious manner; as a matter of conscience; hence; faithfully; accurately; completely.

edge or perception of the presence of any object, state, or sensation. See the Note under Attention. Annihilate the consciousness of the object, you annihilate the consciousness of the operation. Sir W. Hamilton. And, when the steam Which overflowed the soul had passed away, A consciousness remained that it had left. .…

Following as a matter of course. Blount.

fter; power to influence or produce an effect; value; moment; rank; distinction. It is a matter of small consequence. Shak. A sense of your own worth and consequence. Cowper. In consequence, hence; for this cause. -- In consequence of, by reason of; as the effect of.

To look at attentively; to observe; to examine. She considereth a field, and buyeth it. Prov. xxxi. 16.

Worthy of consideration, borne in mind, or attended to. It is considerable, that some urns have had inscriptions on them expressing that the lamps were burning. Bp. Wilkins. Eternity is infinitely the most considerable duration. Tillotson.

ess of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention. Let us think with consideration. Sir P. Sidney. Consideration, like an angel, came. Shak.

grave. At the day of general account, good men are to be consigned over to another state. Atterbury.

up of, or containing many, consonants. No Russian whose dissonant consonant name Almost shatters to fragments the trumpet of fame. T. Moore.

s carries an air of levity; but, in consort with the rest, has a meaning quite different. Atterbury.

A certificate showing what appears upon record touching a matter in question.

ed with amaxement; dismay. The chiefs around, In silence wrapped, in onsternation downed. Attend the stern reply. Pope.

ass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation. [Obs.] Fullness of matter, or a pretty close constipation . . . of its particles. Boyle.

nd juridical government, as distinguished from statutory and common law, which relate to matters subordinate to such constitution.