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ire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission. What compliances will remove dissension Swift. Ready compliance with the wishes of his people. Macaulay.

One who complies, yields, or obeys; one of an easy, yieldy temper. Swift.

opinion of one's self; vain. If you think me too conceited Or to passion quickly heated. Swift. Conceited of their own wit, science, and politeness. Bentley.

nor name thee! Shak. You will hardly conceive him to have been bred in the same climate. Swift.

ontens, how ruinous soever, have arisen from the want of a due communication and concert. Swift.

further pursuits, then expect to find popular assemblies content with small concessions. Swift.

bation. Tarquin the Proud was expelled by the universal concurrence of nobles and people. Swift.

ms a treaty. That treaty so prejudicial ought to have been remitted rather than confimed. Swift.

To express of feel sympathetic joy; as, to congratulate with one's country. [R.] Swift. The subjects of England may congratulate to themselves. Dryden.

nce." Howell. "Half a dozen fools are, in all 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.

A council; a meeting for consultation. [Obs.] "A consult of coquettes." Swift.

twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face. Swift. All the contortions of the sibyl, without the inspiration. Burke.

light. Pope. Such behavior we contract by having much conversed with persons of high statiSwift.

one who contradicts. Swift.

See Contraries. On the contrary, in opposition; on the other hand. Swift. -- To the contrary, to an opposite purpose or intent; on the other side. "They did it, not for want of instruction to the contrary." Bp. Stillingfleet.

One who contrives, devises, plans, or schemas. Swift.

ne's wants; an accommodation. A pair of spectacles and several other little conveniences. Swift.

and's] service in the morning, and go with their wives to a conventicle in the afternoon. Swift.

ience. To call good evil, and evil good, against the conviction of their own consciences. Swift. And did you presently fall under the power of this conviction Bunyan.

on itself, or one thing upon another; a winding motion. O'er the calm sea, in convolution swift, The feathered eddy floats. Thomson.