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Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons Conjured against the Highest. Milton.

Con"jure (?), v. t. To affect or effect by conjuration; to call forth or send away by magic arts; to excite or alter, as if by magic or by the aid of supernatural powers.

The habitation which your prophet . . . conjured the devil into. Shak.

To conjure up, or make visible, as a spirit, by magic arts; hence, to invent; as, to conjure up a story; to conjure up alarms.

Con"jure (?), v. i. To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to juggle; to charm.

She conjures; away with her. Shak.

Con*jure"ment (?), n. Serious injunction; solemn demand or entreaty. [Obs.] Milton.

Con*jur"er (?), n. One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner.

Con"jur*er (?), n. 1. One who practices magic arts; one who pretends to act by the aid super natural power; also, one who performs feats of legerdemain or sleight of hand.

Dealing with witches and with conjurers. Shak.

From the account the loser brings, The conjurer knows who stole the things. Prior.

2. One who conjectures shrewdly or judges wisely; a man of sagacity. [Obs.] Addison.

Con*ju"ror (?), n. (Law) One bound by a common oath with others. [Obs.]

Con"ju*ry (?), n. The practice of magic; enchantment. Motley.

Conn (k&obreve;n), v. t. See Con, to direct a ship.

{ Con*nas"cence (?), Con*nas"cen*cy (?) }, n. [L. con- + nascentia birth, fr. nascens, p. pr. of nasci to be born.] 1. The common birth of two or more at the same tome; production of two or more together. Johnson.

2. That which is born or produced with another.

3. The act of growing together. [Obs.] Wiseman.

Con*nas"cent (?), a. Born together; produced at the same time. Craig.

Con"nate (?; 277), a. [L. connatus; con- + natus born, p. p. of nasci. See Cognate.]

1. Born with another; being of the same birth.

2. Congenital; existing from birth. "Connate notions." South.

A difference has been made by some; those diseases or conditions which are dependent on original conformation being called congenital; while the diseases of affections that may have supervened during gestation or delivery are called connate. Dunglison.

3. (Bot.) Congenitally united; growing from one base, or united at their bases; united into one body; as, connate leaves or athers. See Illust. of Connate-perfoliate.

Con"nate-per*fo"li*ate (?), a. (Bot.) Connate or coalescent at the base so as to produce a broad foliaceous body through the center of which the stem passes; -- applied to leaves, as the leaves of the boneset.

Con*na"tion (?), n. Connection by birth; natural union. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Con*nat"u*ral (?; 135), a. [Pref. con- + natural.] 1. Connected by nature; united in nature; inborn; inherent; natural.

These affections are connatural to us. L'Estrange.

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