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in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things. The circumstances are well known in the country where they happened. W. Irving.

articular position or condition; situated. The proposition is, that two bodies so circumstanced will balance each other. Whewell.

A power, attributed to some persons while in a mesmeric state, of discering objects not perceptible by the senses in their normal condition.

The act of clearing; as, to make a through clearance.

Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation. Within the cognizance and lying under the control of their divine Governor. Bp. Hurd

Joint inheritance.

Insurance jointly with another or others; specif., that system of fire insurance in which the insurer is treated as insuring himself to the extent of that part of the risk not covered by his policy, so that any loss is apportioned between him and the insurance company on the principle of average, as in marine insurance…

See Commorancy.

Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility. These [ladies] . . . are by the just complaisance and gallantry of our nation the most powerful part of our people. Addison. They strive with their own hearts and keep them…

ying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission. What compliances will remove dissension Swift. Ready compliance with the wishes of his people. Macaulay.

Behavior; comport. [Obs.] Goodly comportance each to other bear. Spenser.

The state of accompanying; accompaniment. The secondary action subsisteth not alone, but in concomitancy with the other. Sir T. Browne.

Agreement; accordance. Contrasts, and yet concordances. Carlyle.

Conducting power; -- the reciprocal of resistance. A suggested unit is the mho, the reciprocal of the ohm.

Confirmation. [Obs.]

Conformity. [R.] Marston.

Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or co

See Cognizance. [Obs.]

Act of considering; consideration. [Obs.] Shak.

e and antiquity. Hammond. The optic nerve responds to the waves with which it is in consonance. Tyndall.