Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 103
Condone (v. t.) 寬恕；赦免 To pardon; to forgive.
A fraud which he had either concocted or condoned. -- W. Black.
It would have been magnanimous in the men then in power to have overlooked all these things, and, condoning the politics, to have rewarded the poetry of Burns. -- J. C. Shairp.
Condone (v. t.) (Law) To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for a violation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or the wife.
Condone (v.) Excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities" [syn: {excuse}, {condone}].
Condor (n.) (Zool.) 【鳥】兀鷹 A very large bird of the Vulture family (Sarcorhamphus gryphus), found in the most elevated parts of the Andes.
Condor (n.) (Zool.) The California vulture ({Gymnogyps californianus}), also called {California condor}. [Local, U. S.]
Note: In the late 20th century it is classed as an endangered species. The California condor used to number in the thousands and ranged along the entire west coast of the United States. By 1982 only 21 to 24 individuals could be identified in the wild. A breeding program was instituted, and by 1996 over 50 birds were alive in captivity. As of 1997, fewer than ten of the bred birds had been reintroduced into the wild.
Condor (n.) A gold coin of Chile, bearing the figure of a condor, and equal to twenty pesos. It contains 10.98356 grams of gold, and is equivalent to about $7.29. Called also {colon}.
Condor (n.) A gold coin of Colombia equivalent to about $9.65. It is no longer coined.
Condor (n.) The largest flying birds in the western hemisphere.
Condottieri (n. pl. ) of Condottiere
Condottiere (n.) A military adventurer of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, who sold his services, and those of his followers, to any party in any contest.
Conduced (imp. & p. p.) of Conduce
Conducing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conduce
Conduce (v. i.) 有益；有貢獻於；導致 To lead or tend, esp. with reference to a favorable or desirable result; to contribute; -- usually followed by to or toward.
He was sensible how much such a union would conduce to the happiness of both -- Macaulay.
The reasons you allege do more conduce To the hot passion of distemper'd blood. -- Shak.
Syn: To contribute; aid; assist; tend; subserve.
Conduce (v. t.) To conduct; to lead; to guide. [Obs.]
He was sent to conduce hither the princess. -- Sir H. Wotton.
Conduce (v.) Be conducive to; "The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing" [syn: {contribute}, {lead}, {conduce}].
Conducent (a.) Conducive; tending.
Conducibility (n.) The state or quality of being conducible; conducibleness.
Conducible (a.) Conducive; tending; contributing.
Conducibleness (n.) Quality of being conducible.
Conducibly (adv.) In a manner to promote.
Conducive (a.) 有助的，有益的，促成的 [F] [（+to）] Loading or tending; helpful; contributive; tending to promote.
However conducive to the good or our country. -- Addison.
Conducive (a.) Tending to bring about; being partly responsible for; "working conditions are not conducive to productivity"; "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city"; "a contributory factor" [syn: {conducive}, {contributing(a)}, {contributive}, {contributory}, {tributary}].
Conduciveness (n.) 有助於...，助長，有益於... The quality of conducing.
Conducted (imp. & p. p.) of Conduct
Conducting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conduct
Conduct (v. t.) 引導，帶領；實施；處理；經營，管理；為人，表現 [O] To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend.
I can conduct you, lady, to a low But loyal cottage, where you may be safe. -- Milton.
Conduct (v. t.) To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom.
Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege. -- Prescott.
Conduct (v. t.) To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well.
Conduct (v. t.) (Physics) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.
Conduct (v. t.) (Mus.) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
Conduct (n.) [U] 行為；品行；舉動 The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.
Christianity has humanized the conduct of war. -- Paley.
The conduct of the state, the administration of its affairs. -- Ld. Brougham.
Conduct (n.) Skillful guidance or management; generalship.
Conduct of armies is a prince's art. -- Waller.
Attacked the Spaniards . . . with great impetuosity, but with so little conduct, that his forces were totally routed. -- Robertson.
Conduct (n.) Convoy; escort; guard; guide. [Archaic]
I will be your conduct. -- B. Jonson.
In my conduct shall your ladies come. -- Shak.
Conduct (n.) That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument. [Obs.]
Although thou hast been conduct of my shame. -- Shak.
Conduct (n.) The manner of guiding or carrying one's self; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.
All these difficulties were increased by the conduct of Shrewsbury. -- Macaulay.
What in the conduct of our life appears So well designed, so luckily begun, But when we have our wish, we wish undone? -- Dryden.
Conduct (n.) Plot; action; construction; manner of development.
The book of Job, in conduct and diction. -- Macaulay.
{Conduct money} (Naut.), a portion of a seaman's wages retained till the end of his engagement, and paid over only if his conduct has been satisfactory.
Syn: Behavior; carriage; deportment; demeanor; bearing; management; guidance. See {Behavior}.
Conduct (v. i.) 引導，帶領；指揮樂隊 To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
Conduct (v. i.) To conduct one's self; to behave. [U. S.]
Conduct (n.) Manner of acting or controlling yourself [syn: {behavior}, {behaviour}, {conduct}, {doings}].
Conduct (n.) (Behavioral attributes) The way a person behaves toward other people [syn: {demeanor}, {demeanour}, {behavior}, {behaviour}, {conduct}, {deportment}].
Conduct (v.) Direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this" [syn: {conduct}, {carry on}, {deal}].
Conduct (v.) Lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years" [syn: {conduct}, {lead}, {direct}].
Conduct (v.) Behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" [syn: {behave}, {acquit}, {bear}, {deport}, {conduct}, {comport}, {carry}].
Conduct (v.) Take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" [syn: {lead}, {take}, {direct}, {conduct}, {guide}].
Conduct (v.) Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" [syn: {impart}, {conduct}, {transmit}, {convey}, {carry}, {channel}].
Conduct (v.) Lead musicians in the performance of; "Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor"; "she cannot conduct modern pieces".
Conduct (n.) Law of nations. This term is used in the phrase safe conduct, to signify the security given, by authority of the government, under the great seal, to a stranger, for his quietly coming into and passing out of the territories over which it has jurisdiction. A safe conduct differs from a passport; the former is given to enemies, the latter to friends or citizens.
Conduct (v.) (Organize) (B2) [ T ] 組織；實施；進行；處理To organize and perform a particular activity.
Examples:
We are conducting a survey to find out what our customers think of their local bus service. The experiments were conducted by scientists in New York.
How you choose to conduct your private life is your own business!
Conduct (v.) (Behave) Conduct yourself (C2) （尤指在公共或正式場合中）舉止，表現；為人 To behave in a particular way, especially in a public or formal situation, or to organize the way in which you live in a particular way.
Examples:
How should I conduct myself at these dinners? I know nothing about etiquette.
Conduct (v.) (Show way) [ T usually + adv/ prep ] (Formal) 引導；帶領；指引；給…帶路 To lead someone to a particular place.
Examples:
May I conduct you to your table, sir, or would you prefer to have a drink at the bar first? The protesters were conducted from the courtroom by two police officers.
Conduct (v.) (Show way) [ T ] 爲…導遊，帶（遊客）遊覽 If you conduct a tour of a place, you take people around the place and show it to them.
Examples:
A guide conducts tours of the cathedral every afternoon at 2.00.
A conducted tour of the palace.
Conduct (v.) (Music) (B2) [ I or T ] 指揮 To direct the performance of musicians or a piece of music.
Examples:
The orchestra was conducted by Mira Shapur.
Who's conducting at tonight's concert?
Conduct (v.) (Allow through) [ T ] 傳導（電或熱） To allow electricity or heat to go through.
Examples:
Copper conducts electricity, but plastic does not.
Conduct (n.) [ U ] (Behaviour) 行爲，舉止；表現；爲人 Behaviour.
Examples:
Bad/ excellent/ disgraceful conduct.
The club has a strict code (= set of rules) of conduct.
Conduct (n.) [ U ] (Organization) (Formal) 組織方式；實施方式 The way in which an activity is organized and performed.
Examples:
He was criticized for his conduct of the inquiry
Conductibility (n.) Capability of being conducted; as, the conductibility of heat or electricity.
Conductibility (n.) Conductivity; capacity for receiving and transmitting.
Conductible (a.) Capable of being conducted.
Conduction (n.) The act of leading or guiding.
Conduction (n.) The act of training up.
Conduction (n.) Transmission through, or by means of, a conductor; also, conductivity.
Conductive (a.) Having the quality or power of conducting; as, the conductive tissue of a pistil.
Conductivity (n.) The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as heat, electricity, etc.; as, the conductivity of a nerve.
Conductor (n.) One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director.
Conductor (n.) One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad train or a street car.
Conductor (n.) The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus.
Conductor (n.) A substance or body capable of being a medium for the transmission of certain forces, esp. heat or electricity; specifically, a lightning rod.
Conductor (n.) A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director.
Conductor (n.) Same as Leader.
Conductory (a.) Having the property of conducting.
Conductress (n.) A woman who leads or directs; a directress.
Conduit (n.) A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid.
Conduit (n.) A structure forming a reservoir for water.
Conduit (n.) A narrow passage for private communication.
Conduplicate (a.) Folded lengthwise along the midrib, the upper face being within; -- said of leaves or petals in vernation or aestivation.
Conduplication (n.) A doubling together or folding; a duplication.
Condurango (n.) See Cundurango.
Condurrite (n.) A variety of the mineral domeykite, or copper arsenide, from the Condurra mine in Cornwall, England.
Condylar (a.) Of or pertaining to a condyle.
Condyle (n.) A bony prominence; particularly, an eminence at the end of a bone bearing a rounded articular surface; -- sometimes applied also to a concave articular surface.
Condyloid (a.) Shaped like or pertaining to a condyle.
Condylomata (n. pl. ) of Condylome
Condylomes (n. pl. ) of Condylome
Condyloma (n.) Alt. of Condylome
Condylome (n.) A wartlike new growth on the outer skin or adjoining mucous membrane.
Condylopod (n.) An arthropod.
Cone (n.) A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- called also a right cone. More generally, any solid having a vertical point and bounded by a surface which is described by a straight line always passing through that vertical point; a solid having a circle for its base and tapering to a point or vertex.
Cone (n.) Anything shaped more or less like a mathematical cone; as, a volcanic cone, a collection of scoriae around the crater of a volcano, usually heaped up in a conical form.
Cone (n.) The fruit or strobile of the Coniferae, as of the pine, fir, cedar, and cypress. It is composed of woody scales, each one of which has one or two seeds at its base.
Cone (n.) A shell of the genus Conus, having a conical form.
Cone (v. t.) To render cone-shaped; to bevel like the circular segment of a cone; as, to cone the tires of car wheels.
Cone (n.) [ C ] (Shape) 圓錐體 A shape with a flat, round or oval base and a top that becomes narrower until it forms a point.
Examples:
A traffic cone.
Cone (n.) [ C ] (Tree) （針葉松的）錐形毬果 The hard oval-shaped fruit of a conifer.
Cone (n.) [ C ] (Food) （盛霜淇淋的）錐形蛋筒 A container made of very light thin biscuit, or one of these containing ice cream.
Examples:
An ice cream cone.
Cone-in-cone (a.) Consisting of a series of parallel cones, each made up of many concentric cones closely packed together; -- said of a kind of structure sometimes observed in sedimentary rocks.
Coneine (n.) See Conine.
Conepate (n.) Alt. of Conepatl
Conepatl (n.) The skunk.
Cone pulley () A pulley for driving machines, etc., having two or more parts or steps of different diameters; a pulley having a conical shape.
Coney (n.) A rabbit. See Cony.
Coney (n.) A fish. See Cony.
Confab (n.) Familiar talk or conversation.
Confabulated (imp. & p. p.) of Confabulate
Confabulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confabulate
Confabulate (v. i.) To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle.
Confabulation (n.) Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation.
Confabulatory (a.) Of the nature of familiar talk; in the form of a dialogue.
Confalon (n.) One of a fraternity of seculars, also called Penitents.
Confarreation (n.) A form of marriage among the Romans, in which an offering of bread was made, in presence of the high priest and at least ten witnesses.
Confated (p.a.) Fated or decreed with something else.
Confected (imp. & p. p.) of Confect
Confecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confect
Confect (v. t.) To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of.
Confect (v. t.) To construct; to form; to mingle or mix.
Confect (n.) A comfit; a confection.
Confection (n.) A composition of different materials.
Confection (n.) A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a sweetmeat.
Confection (n.) A composition of drugs.
Confection (n.) A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey.
Confectionary (n.) A confectioner.
Confectionary (a.) Prepared as a confection.
Confectioner (n.) A compounder.
Confectioner (n.) One whose occupation it is to make or sell confections, candies, etc.
Confectionery (n.) （總稱）糕點糖果；糕點糖果製造；糖果糕點店 Sweetmeats, in general; things prepared and sold by a confectioner; confections; candies.
Confectionery (n.) A place where candies, sweetmeats, and similar things are made or sold.
Confectionery (n.) Candy and other sweets considered collectively; "the business decided to concentrate on confectionery and soft drinks".
Confectionery (n.) A confectioner's shop [syn: {confectionery}, {confectionary}, {candy store}].
Confectionery (n.) The occupation and skills of a confectioner.
Confectory (a.) Pertaining to the art of making sweetmeats.
Confecture (n.) Same as Confiture.