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Of or pertaining to a concession. -- n.; pl. -ries.

One who favors concession.

Implying concession; as, a concessive conjunction. Lowth.

By way of concession.

Conceding; permissive.

The use of concetti or affected conceits. [R.] C. Kingsley.

Affected wit; a conceit. Chesterfield.

To withdraw from concentration; to decentralize. [R.]

Act of deconcentrating. [R.]

k up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.

The act of disconcerting, or state of being disconcerted; discomposure; perturbation. [R.] State Trials (1794).

A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies (Platyglossus radiatus). The name is applied also to the ladyfish (Harpe rufa) of the same region.

To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal. She shall not see me: I will ensconce me behind the arras. Shak.

To preconceive; to imagine beforehand. [Obs.] Bacon.

Not concealable. "Inconcealable imperfections." Sir T. Browne.

The quality of being inconceivable; inconceivableness. The inconceivability of the Infinite. Mansel.

Not conceivable; incapable of being conceived by the mind; not explicable by the human intellect, or by any known principles or agencies; incomprehensible; as, it is inconceivable to us how the will acts in producing muscular motion. It is inconceivable to me that a spiritual substance should represent an extended figu…

Inconceivable. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

Unimportant; trifling. [Obs.] "Trifling and inconcerning matters." Fuller.

See Ensconce.