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<blockquote>Roots, barks, and seeds <b>contused</b> together. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To bruise; to injure or disorganize a part without breaking the skin.</def>

<cs><col>Contused wound</col>, <cd>a wound attended with bruising.</cd></cs>

<h1>Contusion</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con*tu"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>contusio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>contusion</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of beating, bruising, or pounding; the state of being beaten or bruised.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A bruise; an injury attended with more or less disorganization of the subcutaneous tissue and effusion of blood beneath the skin, but without apparent wound.</def>

<h1>Conundrum</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Co*nun"drum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Origin unknown.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A kind of riddle based upon some fanciful or fantastic resemblance between things quite unlike; a puzzling question, of which the answer is or involves a pun.</def>

<blockquote>Or pun ambiguous, or <b>conundrum</b> quaint. <i>J. Philips.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A question to which only a conjectural answer can be made.</def>

<blockquote>Do you think life is long enough to let me speculate on <b>conundrums</b> like that? <i>W. Black.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Conure</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Co*nure"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>conurus</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ a cone + <?/ tail. The name alludes to the tapering tail.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An American parrakeet of the genus <spn>Conurus</spn>. Many species are known. See <er>Parrakeet</er>.</def>

<h1>Conus</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Co"nus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a cone.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A cone.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A Linnean genus of mollusks having a conical shell.</def> See <er>Cone</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 4.</def>

<h1>Conusable</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con"u*sa*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Cognizable; liable to be tried or judged.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Barlow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Conusant</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con"u*sant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>See <er>Cognizant</er>.</def>

<h1>Conusor</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con`u*sor"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>See <er>Cognizor</er>.</def>

<h1>Convalesce</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con`va*lesce"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Convalesced</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Convalescing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>convalscere</ets>; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>valescere</ets> to grow strong, v. incho. of <ets>valere</ets> to be strong. See <er>Vallant</er>.]</ety> <def>To recover health and strength gradually, after sickness or weakness; <as>as, a patient begins to <ex>convalesce</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Convalesced</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con`va*lesced"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Convalescent.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>He found the queen somewhat <b>convalesced</b>. <i>J. Knox.</i></blockquote>