CONDESCENSIVE
CONDESCENSIVE, adjective Condescending; courteous.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CONDESCENT
CONDESCENT, noun Condescension. [Not used.]
CONDIGN
CONDIGN, adjective [Latin, worthy. See Dignity.]1. Deserved; merited; suitable; applied usually to punishment; as, the malefactor has suffered condign punishment.2. Worthy; meri...
CONDIGNITY
CONDIGNITY, noun Merit; desert. In school divinity, the merit of human actions which claims reward, on the score of justice.
CONDIGNLY
CONDIGNLY, adverb According to merit.
CONDIGNNESS
CONDIGNNESS, noun Agreeableness to deserts; suitableness.
CONDIMENT
CONDIMENT, noun [Latin, to season, pickle or preserve.] Seasoning; sauce; that which is used to give relish to meat or other food, and to gratify the taste.As for radish and the...
CONDISCIPLE
CONDISCIPLE, noun [Latin See Disciple.] A school fellow; a learner in the same school, or under the same instructor.
CONDITE
CONDITE, verb transitive [Latin] To prepare and preserve with sugar, salt, spices, or the like; to pickle; as, to condite peras, plums, quinces, mushrooms, etc. [Little used.]
CONDITEMENT
CONDITEMENT, noun A composition of conserves, powders, and spices, in the form of an electuary. [Little used.]
CONDITING
CONDITING, participle present tense Preserving. [Little used.]
CONDITION
CONDITION, noun [Latin, to build or make, to ordain; properly, to set or fix, or to set together or in order; con and do, to give; properly, to send.]1. State; a particular mode...
CONDITIONAL
CONDITIONAL, adjective1. Containing or depending on a condition or conditions; made with limitations; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms. A conditional promise is on...
CONDITIONALITY
CONDITIONALITY, noun The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms.
CONDITIONALLY
CONDITIONALLY, adverb With certain limitations; on particular terms or stipulations; not absolutely or positively.We see large preferments tendered to him, but conditionally upo...
CONDITIONARY
CONDITIONARY, adjective Conditional; Stipulated. [Not used.]
CONDITIONATE
CONDITIONATE, adjective Conditional; established on certain terms. [Not used.]CONDITIONATE, verb transitive To qualify; to regulate. [Not in use.]
CONDITIONED
CONDITIONED, participle passive1. Stipulated; containing terms to be performed.2.adjective Having a certain state or qualities. This word is usually preceded by some qualifying ...
CONDITIONLY
CONDITIONLY, adverb On certain terms. [Not used.]
CONDOLE
CONDOLE, verb intransitive [Latin, to ache, or to grieve.] To feel pain, or to grieve, at the distress or misfortunes of another.Your friends would have cause to rejoice, rather...
CONDOLEMENT
CONDOLEMENT, noun Grief; pain of mid, at anothers loss or misfortune; sorrow; mourning.
CONDOLENE
CONDOLENE, noun Pain of mind, or grief excited by the distress, or misfortune of another.
CONDOLER
CONDOLER, noun One who condoles.
CONDOLING
CONDOLING, participle present tense Grieving at anothers distress.CONDOLING, noun Expression of grief for anothers loss.
CONDOMA
CONDOMA, noun An animal of the goat kind, as large as a stag, and of a gray color.It is a species of Antelope, the adjective Strepsiceros.
CONDONATION
CONDONATION, noun [Latin] The act of pardoning. [Little used.]
CONDOR
CONDOR, noun The largest species of fowl hitherto discovered; a native of South America. Some naturalists class it with the vulture; others, with the eagle. The wings of the lar...