Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Concealment

Con‐ceal″ment (?), n. [OF. concelement.] 1. The act of concealing; the state of being concealed.But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud,Feed on her damask cheek.Shak.Some de...

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Concede

Con‐cede″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Conceded; p. pr. & vb. n.Conceding.] [L. concedere, concessum; con- + cedere to go along, give way, yield: cf. F. concéder. See Cede.] 1. To yi...

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Concede (2)

Con‐cede″, v. i. To yield or make concession.I wished you to concede to America, at a time when she prayed concession at our feet.Burke.

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Conceit

Con‐ceit″ (?), n. [Through French, fr. L. conceptus a conceiving, conception, fr. concipere to conceive: cf. OF. p. p. nom. conciez conceived. See Conceive, and cf. Concept, Dec...

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Conceit (2)

Con‐ceit″ (?), v. t. To conceive; to imagine.The strong, by conceiting themselves weak, are therebly rendered as inactive... as if they really were so.South.One of two bad ways ...

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Conceit (3)

Con‐ceit″, v. i. To form an idea; to think.Those whose... vulgar apprehensions conceit but low of matrimonial purposes.Milton.

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Conceited

Con‐ceit″ed, a. 1. Endowed with fancy or imagination.He was... pleasantly conceited, and sharp of wit.Knolles.2. Entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain.If you thi...

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Conceitedly

Con‐ceit″ed‐ly, adv. 1. In an egotistical manner.2. Fancifully; whimsically.

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Conceitedness

Con‐ceit″ed‐ness, n. The state of being conceited; conceit; vanity. Addison.

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Conceitless

Con‐ceit″less, a. Without wit; stupid.Think'st thou I am so shallow, so conceitless.To be seduced by thy flattery?Shak.

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Conceivable

Con‐ceiv″a‐ble (?), a. [Cf. F. concevable.] Capable of being conceived, imagined, or understood. “Any conceivable weight.” Bp. Wilkins.It is not conceivable that it should be in...

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Conceive

Con‐ceive″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Conceived (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Conceiving.] [OF. conzoivre, concever, conceveir, F. concevoir, fr. L. oncipere to take, to conceive; con- + cap...

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Conceive (2)

Con‐ceive″, v. i. 1. To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant.A virgin shall conceive, and bear a son.Isa. vii. 14.2. To have a conception, id...

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Conceiver

Con‐ceiv″er (?), n. One who conceives.

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Concelebrate

Con‐cel″e‐brate (?), v. t. [L. concelebratus, p. p. of concelebrare to concelebrate.] To celebrate together. Holland.

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Concent

Con‐cent″ (?), n. [L. concentus, fr. concinere to sing together; con- + canere to sing.] 1. Concert of voices; concord of sounds; harmony; as, a concent of notes. Bacon.That und...

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Concenter

{ Con‐cen″ter, Con‐cen″tre } (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Concentered or Concentred (�); p. pr & vb. n.Concentering (?) or Concentring (�).] [F. concentrer, fr. L. con- + centrum cen...

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Concenter (2)

{ Con‐cen″ter, Con‐cen″tre }, v. t. To draw or direct to a common center; to bring together at a focus or point, as two or more lines; to concentrate.In thee concentering all th...

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Concentrate

Con‐cen″trate (? or?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Concentrated; p. pr. & vb. n.Concentrating.] [Pref. con- + L. centrum center. Cf. Concenter.] 1. To bring to, or direct toward, a commo...

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Concentrate (2)

Con‐cen″trate (? or?), v. i. To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.

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Concentration

Con′cen‐tra″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. concentration.] 1. The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration....

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Concentrative

Con‐cen″tra‐tive (?), a. Serving or tending to concentrate; characterized by concentration.A discrimination is only possible by a concentrative act, or act of attention.Sir W. H...

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Concentrativeness

Con‐cen″tra‐tive‐ness, n. 1. The quality of concentrating.2. (Phren.) The faculty or propensity which has to do with concentrating the intellectual the intellectual powers. Combe.

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Concentrator

Con″cen‐tra′tor (?), n.(Mining) An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air. Knight.

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Concentrator (2)

Con″cen‐tra′tor, n.(Firearms) A frame or ring of wire or hard paper fitting into the cartridge case used in some shotguns, and holding the shot together when discharged, to secu...

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Concentric

{ Con‐cen″tric (?), Con‐cen″tric‐al (?) }, a. [F. concentrique. See Concenter.] Having a common center, as circles of different size, one within another.Concentric circles upon ...

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Concentric (2)

Con‐cen″tric, n. That which has a common center with something else.Its pecular relations to its concentrics.Coleridge.