CONFLEXURE
CONFLEXURE, noun A bending. [Not used.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CONFLICT
CONFLICT, noun [Latin, to strike, to flog, to lick.]1. A striking or dashing against each other, as of two moving bodies in opposition; violent collision of substances; as a con...
CONFLICTING
CONFLICTING, participle present tense1. Striking, or dashing together; fighting; contending; struggling to resist and overcome.2. Being in opposition; contrary; contradictory.In...
CONFLUENCE
CONFLUENCE, noun [Latin, to flow. See Flow.]1. A flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams of water, or other fluid; also, the place of meeting; as the co...
CONFLUENT
CONFLUENT, adjective [Latin]1. Flowing together; meeting in their course, as two streams; as confluent streams.2. In medical science, running together, and spreading over a larg...
CONFLUX
CONFLUX, noun [Latin See Confluence.]1. A flowing together; a meeting of two or more currents of a fluid.2. A collection; a crowd; a multitude collected; as a general conflux of...
CONFLUXIBILITY
CONFLUXIBILITY, noun The tendency of fluids to run together. [Little used.]
CONFORM
CONFORM, adjective [Latin, form.] Made to resemble; assuming the same form; like; resembling. [Little used.]CONFORM, verb transitive [Latin, to form, or shape, form.]1. To make ...
CONFORMABLE
CONFORMABLE, adjective1. Correspondent; having the same or similar external form, or shape; like; resembling; as an edifice conformable to a model or draft.2. Having the same or...
CONFORMABLY
CONFORMABLY, adverb With or in conformity; suitably; agreeably.Let us settle, in our own minds, what rules to pursue and act conformably
CONFORMATION
CONFORMATION, noun1. The manner in which a body is formed; the particular texture or structure of a body, or disposition of the parts which compose it; form; structure; often wi...
CONFORMED
CONFORMED, participle passive Made to resemble; reduced to a likeness of; made agreeable to; suited.
CONFORMER
CONFORMER, noun One who conforms; one who complies with established forms or doctrines.
CONFORMING
CONFORMING, participle present tense Reducing to a likeness; adapting; complying with.
CONFORMIST
CONFORMIST, noun One who conforms or complies; appropriately, one who complies with the worship of the church of England or of the established church, as distinguished from a di...
CONFORMITY
CONFORMITY, noun1. Likeness; correspondence with a model in form or manner; resemblance; agreement; congruity with something else; followed by to or with.A ship is constructed i...
CONFORTATION
CONFORTATION, noun [See Comfort.] The act of comforting or giving strength. [Not used.]
CONFOUND
CONFOUND, verb transitive [Latin, to pour out. Literally, to pour or throw together.]1. To mingle and blend different things, so that their forms or natures cannot be distinguis...
CONFOUNDED
CONFOUNDED, participle passive1. Mixed or blended in disorder; perplexed; abashed; dismayed; put to shame and silence; astonished.2. Enormous; as a confounded tory. [Vulgar.]
CONFOUNDEDLY
CONFOUNDEDLY, adverb Enormously; greatly; shamefully; as, he was confoundedly avaricious. [A low word.]
CONFOUNDEDNESS
CONFOUNDEDNESS, noun The state of being confounded.
CONFOUNDER
CONFOUNDER, noun One who confounds; one who disturbs the mind, perplexes, refutes, frustrates and puts to shame or silence; one who terrifies.
CONFOUNDING
CONFOUNDING, participle present tense Mixing and blending; putting into disorder; perplexing; disturbing the mind; abashing, and putting to shame and silence; astonishing.
CONFRATERNITY
CONFRATERNITY, noun [Latin, fraternity, brother.] A brotherhood; a society or body of men, united for some purpose or in some profession; as the confraternity of Jesuits.
CONFRICATION
CONFRICATION, noun [Latin, to rub. See Friction.] A rubbing against; friction.
CONFRIER
CONFRIER, noun One of the same religious order.
CONFRONT
CONFRONT, verb transitive [Latin]1. To stand face to face in full view; to face; to stand in front.He spoke and then confronts the bull.2. To stand in direct opposition; to oppo...