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her, or in the same place or country. No small number of the Danes became peaceable cohabitants with the Saxons in England. Sir W. Raleigh.

One who dwells with another, or with others. "Coinhabitants of the same element." Dr. H. More.

Joint inheritance.

Happening at the same instant. C. Darwin.

Passages selected from various authors, usually for purposes of instruction; miscellany; anthology.

A struggling to resist; a striving against; resistance; opposition of nature. [Obs.]

One who engages in combat. "The mighty combatants." Milton. A controversy which long survived the original combatants. Macaulay

In the position of fighting; -- said of two lions set face to face, each rampant.

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

or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment. Also adjectively; as, concertante parts.

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

ur wise Creator to annex to several objects, as also to several of our thoughts, a concomitant pleasure. Locke.

In company with others; unitedly; concurrently. Bp. pearson.

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

One who undertakes to confute. Milton.

Following as a matter of course. Blount.

Mutual agreement. [R.]

nsistent; agreeable; suitable; accordant to; harmonious; concurrent. A good law and consentaneous to reason. Howell. -- Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ness, n.

Consenting. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The state or quality of being constant or steadfast; freedom from hange; stability; fixedness; immutabilitu; asm the constancy of God in his nature and attributes.