Webster's Dictionary 1913

6319

Concert of the powers

Concert of the powers. An agreement or understanding between the chief European powers, the United States, and Japan in 1900 to take only joint action in the Chinese aspect of t...

6320

Concertante

Con′cer‐tan″te (?; It.?), n. [It., orig p. pr. of concertare to form or perform a concert. See Concert.] (Mus.) A concert for two or more principal instruments, with orchestral ...

6321

Concertation

Con′cer‐ta″tion (?), n. [L. concertatio.] Strife; contention. Bailey.

6322

Concertative

Con‐cer″ta‐tive (?), a. [L. concertativus.] Contentious; quarrelsome. Bailey.

6323

Concerted

Con‐cert″ed (?), a. Mutually contrived or planned; agreed on; as, concerted schemes, signals.Concerted piece(Mus.), a composition in parts for several voices or instrument, as a...

6324

Concertina

Con′cer‐ti″na (?), n. [From It. concerto a concert.] A small musical instrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on th...

6325

Concertino

Con′cer‐ti″no (?), n. [See Concertina.] (Mus.) A piece for one or more solo instruments with orchestra; — more concise than the concerto.

6326

Concertion

Con‐cer″tion (?), n. Act of concerting; adjustment. Young.

6327

Concertmeister

‖Con‐cert′meis″ter (?), n.(Mus.) The head violinist or leader of the strings in an orchestra; the sub-leader of the orchestra; concert master.

6328

Concerto

Con‐cer″to (?; It.?), n.; pl.Concertos (#). [It. See Concert, n.] (Mus.) A composition (usually in symphonic form with three movements) in which one instrument (or two or three)...

6329

Concession

Con‐ces″sion (?), n. [L. concessio, fr. concedere: cf. F. concession. See Concede.] 1. The act of conceding or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request, and thus d...

6330

Concessionaire

{ Con‐ces′sion‐aire″ (?), ‖Con′ces′sion′naire″ (?) }, n. [F. concessionnaire.] The beneficiary of a concession or grant.

6331

Concessionary

Con‐ces″sion‐a‐ry (?), a. Of or pertaining to a concession. — n.; pl.-ries (�). A concessionaire.

6332

Concessionist

Con‐ces″sion‐ist, n. One who favors concession.

6333

Concessive

Con‐ces″sive (?), a. [L. concessivus.] Implying concession; as, a concessive conjunction. Lowth.

6334

Concessively

Con‐ces″sive‐ly, adv. By way of concession.

6335

Concessory

Con‐ces″so‐ry (?), a. Conceding; permissive.

6336

Concettism

Con‐cet″tism (?), n. The use of concetti or affected conceits. C. Kingsley.

6337

Concetto

‖Con‐cet″to (?; It.?), n.; pl.Concetti (#). [It., fr. L. conceptus. See Conceit.] Affected wit; a conceit. Chesterfield.

6338

Conch

Conch (kŏṉk), n. [L. concha, Gr. κόγχη. See Coach, n.] 1. (Zoöl.) A name applied to various marine univalve shells; esp. to those of the genus Strombus, which are of large size....

6339

Concha

‖Con″cha (kŏṉ″kȧ), n. [LL. (in sense 1), fr. L. concha. See Conch.] 1. (Arch.) The plain semidome of an apse; sometimes used for the entire apse.2. (Anat.) The external ear; esp...

6340

Conchal

Con″chal (?), a.(Anat.) Pertaining to the concha, or external ear; as, the conchal cartilage.

6341

Conchifer

Con″chi‐fer (?), n. [Cf. F. conchofère.] (Zoöl.) One of the Conchifera.

6342

Conchifera

‖Con‐chif″e‐ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. concha + ferre to bear.] (Zoöl.) That class of Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells; the Lamellibranchiata. See Mollusca.

6343

Conchiferous

Con‐chif″er‐ous (?), a. Producing or having shells.

6344

Conchiform

Con″chi‐form, a. [Conch + -form.] Shaped like one half of a bivalve shell; shell-shaped.

6345

Conchinine

Con″chi‐nine (? or?), n. [Formed by transposition fr. cinchonine.] See Quinidine.