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2. Pertaining to the rite of confirmation. Compton.

Con*firm"ed*ly (?), adv. With confirmation.

Con*firm"ed*ness, n. A fixed state.

Con`fir*mee" (?), n. [F. confirmÚ, p. p. of confirmer.] (Law) One to whom anything is confirmed.

Con*firm"er (?), n. One who, or that which, confirms, establishes, or ratifies; one who corroborates. Shak.

Con*firm"ing*ly, adv. In a confirming manner.

Con*fis"ca*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. confiscable.] Capable of being confiscated; liable to forfeiture.

Con"fis*cate (? or &?;), a. [L. confiscatus, p. p. of confiscare to confiscate, prop., to lay up in a chest; con- + fiscus basket, purse, treasury. See Fiscal.] Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.

Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. Shak.

Con"fis*cate (? or &?;; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confiscated; p. pr. & vb. n. Confiscating.] To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use.

It was judged that he should be banished and his whole estate confiscated and seized. Bacon.

Con`fis*ca"tion (?), n. [L. confiscatio.] The act or process of taking property or condemning it to be taken, as forfeited to the public use.

The confiscations following a subdued rebellion. Hallam.

Con"fis*ca`tor (?), n. [L., a treasurer.] One who confiscates. Burke.

Con*fis"ca*to*ry (?), a. Effecting confiscation; characterized by confiscations. "Confiscatory and exterminatory periods." Burke.

Con"fit (?), n. Same as Comfit. [Obs.]

Con"fi*tent (?), n. [L. confitens, p. pr.] One who confesses his sins and faults. [Obs.]

||Con*fit"e*or (?), n. [L., I confess. See Confess.] (R.C.Ch.) A form of prayer in which public confession of sins is made.

Con"fi*ture (?; 135), n. [F. See Confiture.] Composition; preparation, as of a drug, or confection; a sweetmeat. [Obs.] "Confitures and pies." Bacon.

Con*fix" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confixed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Confixing.] [L. confixus, p. p. of configere to fasten together.] To fix; to fasten. [Obs.] Shak.

Con*fix"ure (?; 135), n. Act of fastening. [Obs.]

Con*fla"grant (?), a. [L. conflagrans, p. pr. of conflagrare; con- + flagrare to blaze. See Flagrant.] Burning together in a common flame. [R.] "The conflagrant mass." Milton.

Con`fla*gra"tion (?), n. [L. conflagratio: cf. F. conflagration.] A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.

Till one wide conflagration swallows all. Pope.

Con*flate" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conflated; p. pr. & vb. n. Conflating.] [L. conflatus, p. p. of conflare to blow together; con- + flare to blow.] To blow together; to bring together; to collect; to fuse together; to join or weld; to consolidate.

The State-General, created and conflated by the passionate effort of the whole nation. Carlyle.

Con*fla"tion (?), n. [L. conflatio.] A blowing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry. [R.] Bacon.

Con"flict (?), n. [L. conflictus a striking together, fr. confligere, -flictum, to strike together, to fight: cf. F. conflit, formerly also conflict. See Conflict, v.] 1. A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves.