Webster's Dictionary 1913

6913

Connatural

Con‐nat″u‐ral (?; 135), a. [Pref. con- + natural.] 1. Connected by nature; united in nature; inborn; inherent; natural.These affections are connatural to us.L'Estrange.2. Partak...

6914

Connaturality

Con‐nat′u‐ral″i‐ty (?), n. Participation of the same nature; natural union or connection.A congruity and connaturality between them.Sir M. Hale.

6915

Connaturalize

Con‐nat″u‐ral‐ize (?; 135), v. t. To bring to the same nature as something else; to adapt. Dr. J. Scott.

6916

Connaturally

Con‐nat″u‐ral‐ly, adv. By the act of nature; originally; from birth. Sir M. Hale.

6917

Connaturalness

Con‐nat″u‐ral‐ness, n. Participation of the same nature; natural union. I. Walton.

6918

Connature

Con‐na″ture (?; 135), n. Participation in a common nature or character.Connature was defined as likeness in kind between either two changes in consciousness, or two states of co...

6919

Connect

Con‐nect″ (kŏn‐nĕkt″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Connected; p. pr. & vb. n.Connecting.] [L. connectere, -nexum; con- + nectere to bind. See Annex.] 1. To join, or fasten together, as b...

6920

Connect (2)

Con‐nect″ (?), v. i. To join, unite, or cohere; to have a close relation; as, one line of railroad connects with another; one argument connects with another.

6921

Connectedly

Con‐nect″ed‐ly, adv. In a connected manner.

6922

Connection

Con‐nec″tion (?), n. [Cf. Connexion.] 1. The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.He denied the possibility of a known con...

6923

Connective

Con‐nect″ive (?), a. Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection.Connection tissue(Anat.) See Conjunctive tissue, under Conjunctive.

6924

Connective (2)

Con‐nect″ive, n. That which connects. Specifically: (a) (Gram.) A word that connect words or sentences; a conjunction or preposition. (b) (Bot.) That part of an anther which con...

6925

Connectively

Con‐nect″ive‐ly, adv. In connjunction; jointly.

6926

Connector

Con‐nect″or (?), n. One who, or that which, connects; as: (a) A flexible tube for connecting the ends of glass tubes in pneumatic experiments. (b) A device for holding two parts...

6927

Conner

Con″ner (?), n. [Cf. Cunner.] (Zoöl.) A marine European fish (Crenilabrus melops); also, the related American cunner. See Cunner.

6928

Connex

Con‐nex″ (?), v. t. [L. connexus, p. p. See Connect.] To connect. Sir M. Hale.

6929

Connexion

Con‐nex″ion (?), n. [L. connexio: cf. F. connexion.] Connection. See Connection.

6930

Connexive

Con‐nex″ive (?), a. See Connective.

6931

Conning tower

Con″ning tow″er (?), n. The shot-proof pilot house of a war vessel.

6932

Connivance

Con‐niv″ance (?), n. [Cf. F. connivence, L. conniventia.] 1. Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or coöper...

6933

Connive

Con‐nive″ (kŏn‐nīv″), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Connived (–nīvd″); p. pr. & vb. n.Conniving.] [L. connivere to shut the eyes, connive, fr. con- + (perh.) a word akin to nicere to becko...

6934

Connive (2)

Con‐nive″, v. t. To shut the eyes to; to overlook; to pretend not to see. “Divorces were not connived only, but with eye open allowed.” Milton.

6935

Connivency

Con‐niv″en‐cy (?), n. Connivance.

6936

Connivent

Con‐niv″ent (#), a. [L. connivens, p. pr.] 1. Forbearing to see; designedly inattentive; as, connivent justice. Milton.2. (Biol.) Brought close together; arched inward so that t...

6937

Conniver

Con‐niv″er (?), n. One who connives.

6938

Connoisseur

Con′nois‐seur″ (?; 277), n. [F. connaisseur, formerly connoisseur, fr. connaître to know, fr. L. cognoscere to become acquainted with; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know....

6939

Connoisseurship

Con′nois‐seur″ship (?; 277), n. State of being a connoisseur.