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CONNATURAL, kAn-natsh'iVrill, a. 4G1.Suitable to nature ; connected by nature ;participation of the same nature.CONNATURALITY, ktfn-natsh-iVrule-te,s. 462. Participation of the same nature.CONNATURALLY, kon-natsh'u-riil-e, ad.By the act of nature, originally.

CONNATURALNESS,kiSn-uiltsh'u-rill-nls,

s. Participation of the same nature, naturalunion.

To CONNECT, kon-nekt', r. a. To join, tolink ; to unite, as a cement; to join in a justseries of thought, as, the author connects hisreasons well.

To CONNECT, kfSn-nekt', v. n. To cohere,to have just relation to things precedent andsubsequent.

CONNECTIVELY, k6n-nek'tlv-le, ad. Inconjunction, in union.

To CONNEX, k<Sn-neks', v. a. To join orlink together.

CONNEXION, kfln-nek'shun, s. Union,junction; just relation to something precedentor subsequent.

CONNEXIVE, k3n-neks'fv, a. Having theforce of connexion.

CONNIVANCE, kdn-ni'v&nse, s. Voluntaryblindness, pretended ignorance, forbearance.To CONNIVE, kAn-nive', v. n. To wink ; topretend blindness or ignorance.CONNOISSEUR, ki-nes-skre', A judge,a critick.

& This word is perfectly French , and, though invery general use, is not naturalized. The pronuncia-tion of it given here is but a very awkward one, but,perhaps, as good a one as we have letters in our lan-guage to express it; for (lie French eu is not to befound among any of our English vowel or diphthongalsounds.

To CONNOTATE, kAn'nA-tkte, t\ a. To de-situate something besides itself.CONNOTATION, kAn-no-ta'shun, s. Impli-cation of something besides itself.

To CONNOTE, kdn-n&te', v. a. To imply, tobetoken, to include.

CONN U11IA L,kAn-mVbe4l,a. Matrimonial,nuptial, conjugal.

CONOID, kA'noid.s. A figure partaking of a-

cone

CONOIDICAL, kA-nofole-kal, a. Approach-ing to a conick form.

To CONQUASSATE, kiin-kwusWitc, v. a.To shake, to agitate.

CONQUASSATION, kAng-kwAs-sk'shun,,.

408. Agitation, concussion.

To CONQUER, kAnk'ur, or kAn'kwur, r. a.415. To gain by conquest, to win; to over-come, to subdue ; to surmount.

Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Elphinslon, Mr. Nares, andtV . Johnston, have adopted the first pronunciation ofthis wont; but as it is a wanton departure from ourown analogy to that of the French , and is a muchharsher sound than the second, it were to be wishedIt could be reclaimed; but, as it is in full possessionof the stage, there is but little hope of a change.

To CONQUER, kdnk'ur, v, n . To get thevictory, to overcome.

CONQUERABLE, kAnk'ur4-bl, a. Possi-ble to be overcome.

CONQUEROR, ktfnk'uiMjr, s. 415. A manthat has obtained a victory, a victor ; one thatsubdues and ruins countries.

CONQUEST, ktingTcwlst, ». 408, 115. The

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act of conquering, subjection; acquisition byvictory, tiling gained ; victorv, success inarms.

CONSANGUINEOUS , kAn-sdng-gwin'-nc-us, a. Near of kin, related by birtb,not

affined by marriage.

CONSANGUINITY , kAn-ting -gw?n'k-ti,s.Relation by blood.

CONSARCINATION, kAn-Ar-se-na shun,s. The act of patching together.CONSCIENCE, ktin'shense, s. 357. Theknowledge or faculty by which we judge ofthe goodness or wickedness of ourselves ; jus-tice, the estimate of conscience ; real senti-ment, private thoughts; scruple, difficulty.

CONSCIENTIOUS, Un-she-en'shus, a.

Scrupulous, exactly ;|ust.

_ £3* From an ignorance of the principles of pronun-ciation, we not unfrequentlv hear the second syllableof this word sounded se, without the aspiration; butthis is the same incorrectness we sometimes hear inthe word Pronunciation , which see.

CONSCIENTIOUSLY, kAn-she-Au'shus-le,ad. According to the direction of conscience.CONSCIENTIOUSNESS,kAn-she-en'shus-nes ',s. Exactness of justice.CONSCIONABLE, kAn'shun-a-bl, a. Rea-sonahle, just.

CONSCION ABLENESS, kAu'shun-d-bl-

nAs, s. Equity, reasonableness.

CONSCION ABLY, kAn'shunil-blc,a(i.Rea.sonably, justly.

CONSCIOUS, kAn'shfis, a. 357. Endowed

with the power of knowing one’s own thoughtsand actions; knowing from memory; admittedto the knowledge of any thing.CONSCIOUSLY, kdn'shus-le, ad. Withknowledge of one’s own actions.CONSCIOUSNESS, kAu'shus-nls, s. Theperceptions of what passes in a man’s ownmind; internal sense of guilt or innocence.CONSCRIPT, kdn'skrlpt, a. Registered, en-rolled; a term used in speaking of the Romansenators, who were called Patres conscripti.CONSCRIPTION , kAii-skrfp'sliun, s. Anenrolling.

To CONSECRATE, k3n's£-krkte, v a . Tomake sacred, to appropriate to sacred uses ;to dedicate inviolably to some particular pur-pose ; to canonize.

CONSECRATE, ktfn'si-kr&te, a. 91. Con-secrated, sacred.

CONSECRATER,k6n's£-krJi-tur,s.One thatperforms the rites by which any thing is de-voted to sacred purposes.CONSECRATION, kin'se-krk'shun, s. Arite of dedicating to the service of God ; theact of declaring one holy.

CONSECTARY, k<ln's4k-t<Ur&, a. Conse-

quent, consequential.

CONSECTARY, kdn'sek-U-re, s. 512. De-duction from premises, corollary.CONSECUTION, kAn-sk-ku'ahfin, s. Trainof consequences, chain of deductions; succes-sion ; in astronomy, the month of consecutionis the space between one conjunction of themoon with the sun unto another.

CONSECUTIVE,k<5n-sek'ku-tlv, a. Follow-ing in train ; consequential, regularly succeed-ing.

To CO NS EM I NATE, kin-sgm'i-nite, r.

To sow different seeds together.

CONS ENSIGN,k<Vsfo'shun,s. Agreement*accord.