Part 2212

<hw>Com"tism</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Named after the French philosopher, Auguste <ets>Comte</ets>.]</ety> <def>Positivism; the positive philosophy. See <er>Positivism</er>.</def>

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<hw>Com"tist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A disciple of Comte; a positivist.</def>

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<hw>Con</hw><def>- (<?/). A prefix, fr. L. <i>cum</i>, signifying <i>with</i>, <i>together</i>, etc. See <er>Com</er>-.</def>

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<hw>Con</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Abbrev. from L. <ets>contra</ets> against.]</ety> <def>Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of <i>pro</i>, and usually in connection with it. See <er>Pro</er>.</def>

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<hw>Con</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Conned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Conning</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>cunnan</ets> to know, be able, and (derived from this) <ets>cunnian</ets> to try, test. See <er>Can</er>, <ets>v. t. & i.</ets>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To know; to understand; to acknowledge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Of muses, Hobbinol, I <b>con</b> no skill. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>They say they <b>con</b> to heaven the highway. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously.</def>

<blockquote>Fixedly did look Upon the muddy waters which he <b>conned</b> As if he had been reading in a book. <i>Wodsworth.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I did not come into Parliament to <b>con</b> my lesson. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To con answer</col>, <cd>to be able to answer.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <col>To con thanks</col>, <cd>to thank; to acknowledge obligation. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd></cs>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Con</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Cond</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.</def>

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<hw>Con*a"cre</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To underlet a proportion of, for a single crop; -- said of a farm.</def> <mark>[Ireland]</mark>

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<hw>Con*a"cre</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A system of letting a proportion of a farm for a single crop. <mark>[Ireland]</mark> Also used adjectively; <as>as, the <ex>conacre</ex> system or principle</as>.</def>

<i>Mozley & W.</i>

<h1>Conarium</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Co*na"ri*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The pineal gland.</def>

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<hw>Co*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conatio</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Philos.)</fld> <def>The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical.</def>

<blockquote>Of <b>conation</b>, in other words, of desire and will. <i>J. S. Mill.</i></blockquote>