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Side by side; by the side. These pulleys . . . placed collaterally. Bp. Wilkins.

The state of being collateral.

Pitiable. [Obs.] Bacon.

o pity. Then must we those, who groan, beneath the weight Of age, disease, or want, commiserate. Denham. We should commiserate our mutual ignorance. Locke.

The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion. And pluck commiseration of his state From brassy bosoms and rough hearts of flint. Shak.

Feeling or expressing commiseration. Todd.

One who pities.

To arch over; to vault. Of the upper beak an inch and a half consisteth of one concamerated bone. Grew.

An arch or vault.

That class of Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells; the Lamellibranchiata. See Mollusca.

for mutual support or common action; alliance. The friendships of the world are oft Confederacies in vice or leagues of pleasure. Addison. He hath heard of our confederacy. Shak. Virginia promoted a confederacy. Bancroft.

United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied. All the swords In Italy, and her confederate arms, Could not have made this peace. Shak.

A confederate.

The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance, particulary of princes, nations, or states. The three princes enter into some strict league and confederation among themselves. Bacon. This was no less than a political confederation of the colonies of New England. Palfrey.

Of or pertaining to a confederation.

A confederate. Grafton.

Similarity of origin; affinity. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light. Beams of light when they are multiplied and conglomerate. Bacon. Fluids are separated in the liver and the other conglobate and conglomerate glands. Cheyne.

a mass; the state of being thus collected; collection; accumulation; that which is conglomerated; a mixed mass. Bacon.

A reckoning together. [R.] Porson.