Webster's Dictionary 1828

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CONCERNING

CONCERNING, participle present tense Pertaining to; regarding; having relation to.The Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel. Numbers 10:29.I have accepted thee concerning this...

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CONCERNMENT

CONCERNMENT, noun1. The thing in which one is concerned or interested; concern; affair; business; interest.To mix with thy concernments I desist.Propositions which extend only t...

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CONCERT

CONCERT, noun1. Agreement of two or more in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony.The allies were frustra...

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CONCERTATION

CONCERTATION, noun Strife; contention. [Little used.]

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CONCERTO

CONCERTO, noun A piece of music for a concert.

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CONCESSION

CONCESSION, noun [Latin From concedo. See Concede.]1. The act of granting or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request from the party to whom it is made, and thus d...

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CONCESSIONARY

CONCESSIONARY, adjective Yielding by indulgence or allowance.

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CONCESSIVE

CONCESSIVE, adjective Implying concession; as a concessive conjunction.

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CONCESSIVELY

CONCESSIVELY, adverb By way of concession or yielding; by way of admitting what may be disputable.

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CONCETTO

CONCETTO, noun [See Conceit.] Affected wit; conceit. [Not English, nor in use.]

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CONCH

CONCH, noun [See Cancer.] A marine shell.Adds orient pearls, which from the conchs he drew.

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CONCHIFEROUS

CONCHIFEROUS, adjective [Latin Concha, shell, and fero, to bear.] Producing or having shells.

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CONCHITE

CONCHITE, noun A fossil or petrified conch or shell.

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CONCHOID

CONCHOID, noun [Gr., form.] The name of a curve, given to it by its inventor Nicomedes.

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CONCHOIDAL

CONCHOIDAL, adjective In mineralogy, resembling a conch or marine shell; having convex elevations and concave depressions, like shells; as a conchoidal fracture.

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CONCHOLOGICAL

CONCHOLOGICAL, adjective [See Conchology.] Pertaining to conchology.

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CONCHOLOGIST

CONCHOLOGIST, noun One versed in the natural history of shells or shell-fish; one who studies the nature, properties and habits of shells and their included animals.

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CONCHOLOGY

CONCHOLOGY, noun [Gr. A shell and discourse.] The doctrine or science of shells and shellfish.

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CONCHOMETER

CONCHOMETER, noun [Gr., a shell, and to measure.] An instrument for measuring shells.

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CONCHYLACEOUS

CONCHYLACEOUS, adjective [from conch.] Pertaining to shells; resembling a shell; as conchylaceous impressions.

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CONCHYLIOLOGIST

CONCHYLIOLOGIST, CONCHYLIOLOGY, from Latin Conchylium, a shell-fish, are sometimes used as synonyms of the preceding words; but they are words of inconvenient length, and useless.

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CONCHYLIOLOGY

CONCHYLIOLOGIST, CONCHYLIOLOGY from Latin Conchylium, a shell-fish, are sometimes used as synonyms of the preceding words; but they are words of inconvenient length, and useless.

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CONCIATOR

CONCIATOR, noun In glass-works, the person who weighs and proportions the salt on ashes and sand, and who works and tempers them.

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CONCILIABLE

CONCILIABLE, noun A small assembly. [Not in use.]

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CONCILIAR

CONCILIAR, adjective [Latin A council.] Pertaining or relating to a council. [Little used.]

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CONCILIATE

CONCILIATE, verb transitive [Latin To draw or bring together, to unite; Gr. To call. The primary sense of the root is to strain, stretch,, drive or draw. Calling is a straining ...

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CONCILIATED

CONCILIATED, participle passive Won; gained; engaged by moral influence, as by favor or affection; reconciled.