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ion; to adjust; to regulate. In a peaceful grave my corpse compose. Dryden. How in safety best we may Compose our present evils. Milton.

thiness of condignity, and proper merit of the heavenly glory, cannot be found in any the best, most perfect, and excellent of created beings. Bp. Bull.

n a certain state or condition, as of property or health; as, a well conditioned man. The best conditioned and unwearied spirit. Shak.

To grant as a possession; to bestow. The public marks of honor and reward Conferred upon me. Milton.

One who bestows; a giver.

irmed or strengthened for the fulfillment of their Christian duties, by the grace therein bestowed upon them. Hook.

That, in an imperfectly good persons, which renders it suitable for God to bestow on him gifts of grace.

surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning. Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be. South.

ion of, or to defend. You sit above, and see vain men below Contend for what you only can bestow. Dryden.

to contest; to debate. Some controverted points had decided according to the sense of the best jurists. Macaulay.

tercourse; intimate fellowship or association; close acquaintance. "Conversation with the best company." Dryden. I set down, out of long experience in business and much conversation in books, what I thought pertinent to this business. Bacon.

Convincing. [R.] The best and most convictive argument. Glanwill. -- Con*vict"ive*ly, adv. -- Con*vict"ive*ness, n.

etal of a reddish color, both ductile and malleable, and very tenacious. It is one of the best conductors of heat and electricity. Symbol Cu. Atomic weight 63.3. It is one of the most useful metals in itself, and also in its alloys, brass and bronze.

guminous plant, of several species, with showy, scarlet blossoms and coral-red seeds. The best known is Erythrina Corallodendron. -- Coral wood, a hard, red cabinet wood. McElrath.

A cord or ribbon bestowed or borne as a badge of honor; a broad ribbon, usually worn after the manner of a baldric, constituting a mark of a very high grade in an honorary order. Cf. Grand cordon.

To bestow horns upon; to make a cuckold of; to cuckold. [Obs.] Burton.

A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.

very vote counts; accidents count for nothing. This excellent man . . . counted among the best and wisest of English statesmen. J. A. Symonds.

nkind." Addison. -- Out of countenance, not bold or assured; confounded; abashed. "Their best friends were out of countenance, because they found that the imputations . . . were well grounded." Clarendon. -- To keep the countenance, to preserve a composed or natural look, undisturbed by passion or emotion. Swift.…

is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart. Thou drawest a counterfeit Best in all Athens. Shak. Even Nature's self envied the same, And grudged to see the counterfeit should shame The thing itself. Spenser.