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<blockquote>With <b>conscious</b> terrors vex me round. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Aware; apprised; sensible; felt; known.</syn>

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<hw>Con"scious*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a conscious manner; with knowledge of one's own mental operations or actions.</def>

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<hw>Con"scious*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being conscious; knowledge of one's own existence, condition, sensations, mental operations, acts, etc.</def>

<blockquote><b>Consciousness</b> is thus, on the one hand, the recognition by the mind or "ego" of its acts and affections; -- in other words, the self-affirmation that certain modifications are known by me, and that these modifications are mine. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Immediate knowledge or perception of the presence of any object, state, or sensation. See the Note under <er>Attention</er>.</def>

<blockquote>Annihilate the <b>consciousness</b> of the object, you annihilate the <b>consciousness</b> of the operation. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And, when the steam Which overflowed the soul had passed away, A <b>consciousness</b> remained that it had left. . . . images and precious thoughts That shall not die, and can not be destroyed. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>consciousness</b> of wrong brought with it the <b>consciousness</b> of weakness. <i>Froude.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Feeling, persuasion, or expectation; esp., inward sense of guilt or innocence.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>An honest mind is not in the power of a dishonest: to break its peace there must be some guilt or <b>consciousness</b>. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Con*scribe"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conscribere</ets>. See <er>Conscript</er>.]</ety> <def>To enroll; to enlist.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>E. Hall.</i>

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<hw>Con"script</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conscriptus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>conscribere</ets> to write together, to enroll; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>scribere</ets> to write. See <er>Scribe</er>.]</ety> <def>Enrolled; written; registered.</def>

<cs><col>Conscript fathers</col> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld>, <cd>the senators of ancient Rome. When certain new senators were first enrolled with the "fathers" the body was called <i>Patres et Conscripti<i>; afterward all were called <i>Patres conscripti<i>.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Con"script</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One taken by lot, or compulsorily enrolled, to serve as a soldier or sailor.</def>

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<hw>Con*script"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To enroll, by compulsion, for military service.</def>

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<hw>Con*scrip"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conscriptio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>conscription</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An enrolling or registering.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>conscription</b> of men of war. <i>Bp. Burnet.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A compulsory enrollment of men for military or naval service; a draft.</def>

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