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; liavingtlie power
mental,essential, product!to enact or establish.
To CONSTRAIN, kSn-Btrane', v. a. To com-pel, to force to some action ; to binder bjtorce; to necessitate; to confine, to press.CONSTRAINAULE, k<5n-strana-bl, a. Li-able to Constraint.
CONSTRAINER, kiSn-stranur, s. He thatconstrains.
CONSTRAINT, kSn-strknt', s. Compulsion,v >oience, confinement.
Jo CONSTRICT, kfin-strlkt', v. a. To bind,to cramp ; to contract, to cause to shrink.CONSTRICTION, kiin-strik'shun, s. Con-r,A ractlon > compression.
CONSTRICTOR, kon-stnk'tur, 106. s. Thatwhich compresses or contracts.
Jo CONSTUINGE, kik-strinje', r. o. Tocompress, to contract, to bind.CONSTRINGENT, k 6 n-strlnjent, a. Hav-lhg the quality of binding or compressing.
To CONSTRUCT, krtu-strukt', r.a.To build,to form. ^92 ,
CONSTRUCTION, k 6 n-struk shun, s. Theact of building; the form of building, structure;the putting of words together in such a maimeras to convey aconiplete sense ; the act ofinter-preting,explanation; the sense,the meaning;themanner of describing a figure in geometry.CONSTRUCTURE, kSn-str&k'tshure,s.461.
_ Pile, edifice, fabrick.
Ao CONSTRUE, kcWstrS, or k6n'stfir, r. a,
To interpret, to explain.
b? It is a scandal to seminaries of learning that theJitter proimnciali»<n of this word should prevail there.Ihose who ought to be the guardians of propriety areoften the perverters of it. Heuce Accidence for Acci-( krits,Pre 2 tost<>r for Prepositor, and Constur for Con-strue; for it must be carefully noted that this lastWord’is under a ditferent predicament from those'vhieh end with r and mute e: here the vowel u mustWe its long sound, as in the word true; this letterca unot be sunk or transposed like e in Centre, Seep-*re, &c.
ToCONSTUPRATE, k6n'stu-prate, v. a.
I'o violate, to debauch, to defile.
GONSTUPRATION, kou-stu-prk'sliun, s.
r»/Al^ at * on » defilement. , .
GON SUBSTANTIAE, k Jn-sub-stln'shal, a.
Wavmg the same essence or substance ; beingr£\VlV ame »r nature.^SURSTANT^^TY, k<5n-s£b-stan-shc-al e-te, s. Existence of more than one»n the same substance.
10 ^/^SUBSTANTIATE, ktfn-s&b-stan'-8 ht-ate, v. a. To unite in one common sub-stauce or nature.
^^SUBSTANTIATION, k&n-sub-stan-she-a'shun, s. The union of the body of ourleased Saviour with the sacramental ele-r SS!cVTT CC , or i din S to the Lutherans .
The chief magistrate• _.”‘5 lna . n republic; an officer commis-
merchants of his E£^. to jUdg6 betWeC “ ^
CONSUUAR, kfin'shi-iar, a. 452. Relatingto the consul. 7 °
CONSULATE, k 6 n'shA-lkte, $. 91 The
office of consul.
CONSULSHIP, kfln'sul-shlp, The offlccot consul.
r ° consult, kou-suit', e . n. To take
counsel together.
10 CONSULT, k6n*sult', v.a. To ask advice13S
of, as, he consulted his friends ; to regard, toact with view or respect to; to search into, toexamine, as, to consult an author.
CONSULT, kfSn'siilt, or kon-sult', s. Theact of consulting,- the effect of consulting, de-termination; a council, a number of personsassembled in deliberation.
pOt I am much mistaken if this word does not in*dine to the general analogy or accent in dissyllabicnouns and verbs, like insult. Poets have used it bothways; but the accent on the first syllable seems themost usual, as well as the most legitimate pronuncia-tion. 492.
CONSULTATION, k6n-suUa'shun, s. Theact of consulting, secret deliberation ; numberof persons consulted together.CONSULTER, kin-sul'tur, s. 98. One thatconsults or asks counsel.
CONSUMABLE, kdn-su'ma-bl, a. Suscep-
tible of destruction.
To CONSUME, ktfn-sume', v. u. 454. Towaste, to spend, to destroy.
£? The reason why the s in this word is pure, andin Consular it takes the aspiration, is, that in one theaccent is on the syllable beginning with this letter;and, in the other, on the preceding syllable. 450.
To CONSUME, k&n-sitme 1 , v. n. To wasteaway, to be exhausted.
CONSUMER , k&n-su'mur, s. One thatspends, wastes, or destroys any tiling.
To CONSUMMATE, kiin-suin'mate, t\a. 91.
To complete, to perfect.
CONSUMMATE, kon-sum'nmle, a. Com-plete, perfect.
£3* The propensity of nnr language to an antepen-ultimate accentuation of simple words of three sylla-bles makes us sometimes hear the accent on the firstsyllable of this word ; but by no correct speakers.
CONSUMMATION, k(5n-s2m-ma'shun, ...Completion, perfection, end ; the end of thepresent system of things; death, end of life.
CONSUMPTION, kin-siun'shun, s. 412.
The act of consuming, waste; the state ofwasting or perishing; a waste of muscularflesh, attended with a hectic fever.
CONSUMPTIVE, kuii-siim't'iv, a.
live, wasting, exhausting; diseaseconsumption. — , _
CONSUMPTIVENESS, ktbi-sum'tiV-nes, s.
Tendency to a consumption.
CONSUTILE, kSn-su'til, a. 140. Sewed orstitched together.
To CONTABULATE, kdn-tab u-Jate, v. a.To floor with hoards.
CONTACT, kiVtftkt, s. Touch, close union.CONTACTION, kon-tak'shun, s. The act
of touching. , _
CONTAGION, kdn-ta'je-un, 5. 542. Theemission from bqdy to body by which diseasesare communicated; infection, propagat ion ofmischief; pestilence, venomous emanations.
CONTAGIOUS, Un-tiVje-us, a. 542. Infec-
tious, caught by approach- , . 7
CONTAGIOUSNESS, kbn-taje-us-nes, s.
The quality of being contagious.
To CONTAIN, kfln-tane , v. a . To hold,as a writing; to rest
Pestruc-diseased with a
as ato restrain,
vessel; to comprise,to withhold. . ,
To CONTAIN, koii-tanc, v. n. To live in
continence. , t
CONTAINABLE, kon-ta na-hl, a. Possible
to he contained.
To CONTAMlN/\TE,koi\-tWtM\ate 7 v. o.To defile, incorrupt by base mixture.