CONNEX
CONNEX, verb transitive [Latin] To link together; to join. [Not in use.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CONNEXION
CONNEXION, noun Connection. But for the sake of regular analogy, I have inserted connection, as the derivative of the English connect, and would discard connexion
CONNEXIVE
CONNEXIVE, adjective Connective; having the power to connect; uniting; conjunctive; as connexive particles. [Little used.]
CONNIVANCE
CONNIVANCE, noun [See Connive.] Properly, the act of winking. Hence figuratively, voluntary blindness to an act; intentional forbearance to see a fault or other act, generally i...
CONNIVE
CONNIVE, verb intransitive [Latin, to wink.]1. To wink; to close and open the eyelids rapidly.2. In a figurative sense, to close the eyes upon a fault or other act; to pretend i...
CONNIVENCY
CONNIVENCY, noun Connivance, which see.
CONNIVENT
CONNIVENT, adjective1. Shutting the eyes; forbearing to see.2. In anatomy, the connivent valves are those wrinkles, cellules and vascules, which are found on the inside of the t...
CONNIVER
CONNIVER, noun One who connives.
CONNIVING
CONNIVING, participle present tense Closing the eyes against faults; permitting faults to pass uncensured.
CONNOISSEUR
CONNOISSEUR, noun [Latin, to know.] A person well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person; a critical judge or master of any art, particularly of painting and sculpt...
CONNOISSEURSHIP
CONNOISSEURSHIP, noun The skill of a connoisseur.
CONNOTATE
CONNOTATE, verb transitive [Latin] To designate with something else; to imply. [Little used.]
CONNOTATION
CONNOTATION, noun The act of making known or designating with something; implication of something beside itself inference. [Little used.]
CONNOTE
CONNOTE, verb transitive [Latin, to mark. See Note.] To make known together; to imply; to denote or designate; to include. [Little used.]
CONNUBIAL
CONNUBIAL, adjective [Latin, to marry.] Pertaining to marriage; nuptial; belonging to the state of husband and wife; as, connubial rites; connubial love.
CONNUMERATION
CONNUMERATION, noun A reckoning together.
CONNUSANCE
CONNUSANCE, noun [Latin] Knowledge. [See Cognizance.]
CONNUSANT
CONNUSANT, adjective Knowing; informed; apprised.A neutral vessel, breaking a blockade, is liable to confiscation, if connusant of the blockade.
CONNY
CONNY, adjective Brave; fine. [Local.]
CONOID
CONOID, noun [Gr., a cone, form.]1. In geometry, a solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis. If the conic section is a parabola, the resulting solid is a...
CONOIDIC
CONOIDIC, CONOIDICAL, adjective Pertaining to a conoid; having the form of a conoid.
CONOIDICAL
CONOIDIC, CONOIDICAL adjective Pertaining to a conoid; having the form of a conoid.
CONQUASSATE
CONQUASSATE, verb transitive [Latin] To shake. [Little used.]
CONQUER
CONQUER, verb transitive1. To subdue; to reduce, by physical force, till resistance is no longer made; to overcome; to vanquish. Alexander conquered Asia. The Romans conquered C...
CONQUERABLE
CONQUERABLE, adjective That may be conquered, overcome or subdued.
CONQUERED
CONQUERED, participle passive Overcome; subdued; vanquished; gained; won.
CONQUERESS
CONQUERESS, noun A female who conquers; a victorious female.