Webster's Dictionary 1913

7129

Conspersion

Con‐sper″sion (?), n. [L. conspersio, fr. conspergere to sprinkle.] The act of sprinkling.The conspersion washing the doorposts.Jer. Taylor.

7130

Conspicuity

Con′spi‐cu″i‐ty (?), n. The state or quality of being clear or bright; brightness; conspicuousness. Chapman.

7131

Conspicuous

Con‐spic″u‐ous (?), a. [L. conspicuus, fr. conspicere to get sight of, to perceive; con- + spicere, specere, to look. See Spy] 1. Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to b...

7132

Conspiracy

Con‐spir″a‐cy (?), n.; pl.Conspiracies (#). [See Conspiration.] 1. A combination of men for an evil purpose; an agreement, between two or more persons, to commit a crime in conc...

7133

Conspirant

Con‐spir″ant (?), a. [L. conspirans, p. pr. of conspirare: cf. F. conspirant.] Engaging in a plot to commit a crime; conspiring. Shak.

7134

Conspiration

Con′spi‐ra″tion (?), n. [F. conspiration, L. conspiratio.] Agreement or concurrence for some end or purpose; conspiracy.As soon as it was day, certain Jews made a conspiration.U...

7135

Conspirator

Con‐spir″a‐tor (?), n. One who engages in a conspiracy; a plotter. 2 Sam. xv. 31.

7136

Conspire

Con‐spire″ (kŏn‐spīr″), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Conspired (–spīrd″); p. pr. & vb. n.Conspiring.] [F. conspirer, L. conspirare to blow together, harmonize, agree, plot; con- + spirare...

7137

Conspire (2)

Con‐spire″, v. t. To plot; to plan; to combine for.Angry clouds conspire your overthrow.Bp. Hall.

7138

Conspirer

Con‐spir″er (?), n. One who conspires; a conspirator.

7139

Conspiringly

Con‐spir″ing‐ly, adv. In the manner of a conspirator; by conspiracy. Milton.

7140

Conspissation

Con′spis‐sa″tion (?), n. [L. conspissatio, fr. conspissare to make thick.] A making thick or viscous; thickness; inspissation. Dr. H. More.

7141

Conspurcate

Con‐spur″cate (?), v. t. [L. conspurcatus, p. p. of conspurcare.] To pollute; to defile. Cockeram.

7142

Conspurcation

Con′spur‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. conspurcare, -spuratum, to defile.] The act of defiling; defilement; pollution. Bp. Hall.

7143

Constable

Con″sta‐ble (kŭn″stȧ‐b'l), n. [OE. conestable, constable, a constable (in sense 1), OF. conestable, F. connétable, LL. conestabulus, constabularius, comes stabuli, orig., count ...

7144

Constablery

Con″sta‐bler‐y (? or �), n. [OF. conestablerie. Cf. Constabulary.] 1. The constabulary.2. The district or jurisdiction of a constable.

7145

Constableship

Con″sta‐bleship (?), n. The office or functions of a constable.

7146

Constabless

Con″sta‐bless, n. The wife of a constable.

7147

Constablewick

Con″sta‐ble‐wick′ (?), n. [Constable + wick a village] The district to which a constable's power is limited. Sir M. Hale.

7148

Constabulary

Con‐stab″u‐la‐ry (?), a. [LL. constabularius an equerry. See Constable.] Of or pertaining to constables; consisting of constables.

7149

Constabulary (2)

Con‐stab″u‐la‐ry, n. The collective body of constables in any town, district, or country.

7150

Constabulatory

Con‐stab″u‐la‐to‐ry (?), n. A constabulary. Bp. Burnet.

7151

Constancy

Con″stan‐cy (?), n. [L. constantia: cf. F. constance. See Constant.] 1. The state or quality of being constant or steadfast; freedom from change; stability; fixedness; immutabil...

7152

Constant

Con″stant (?), a. [L. onstans, -antis, p. pr. of constare to stand firm, to be consistent; con- + stare to stand: cf. F. constant. See Stand and cf. Cost, v. t.] 1. Firm; solid;...

7153

Constant (2)

Con″stant, n. 1. That which is not subject to change; that which is invariable.2. (Math.) A quantity that does not change its value; — used in countradistinction to variable.Abs...

7154

Constant (3)

Con″stant, n. 1. (Astron.) A number whose value, when ascertained (as by observation) and substituted in a general mathematical formula expressing an astronomical law, completel...

7155

Constantia

Con‐stan″ti‐a (? or �), n. A superior wine, white and red, from Constantia, in Cape Colony.