Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 109
Conjurement (n.) Serious injunction; solemn demand or entreaty. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Compare: Juggler
Juggler (n.) One who juggles; one who practices or exhibits tricks by sleight of hand; one skilled in legerdemain; a conjurer. [Archaic]
Note: This sense is now expressed by magician or conjurer.
As nimble jugglers that deceive the eye. -- Shak.
Jugglers and impostors do daily delude them. -- Sir T. Browne.
Juggler (n.) A deceiver; a cheat. -- Shak.
Juggler (n.) A person who juggles objects, i. e. who maintains several objects in the air by passing them in turn from one hand to another.
Juggler (n.) A performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity
Conjurer (n.) One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner.
Conjurer (n.) One who practices magic arts; one who pretends to act by the aid super natural power; also, one who performs feats of legerdemain or sleight of hand.
Dealing with witches and with conjurers. -- Shak.
From the account the loser brings, The conjurer knows who stole the things. -- Prior.
Conjurer (n.) One who conjectures shrewdly or judges wisely; a man of sagacity. [Obs.] -- Addison.
Conjurer (n.) Someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience [syn: magician, prestidigitator, conjurer, conjuror, illusionist].
Conjurer (n.) A witch doctor who practices conjury [syn: conjurer, conjuror, conjure man].
Conjuror (n.) (Law) One bound by a common oath with others. [Obs.]
Conjuror (n.) Someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience [syn: magician, prestidigitator, conjurer, conjuror, illusionist].
Conjuror (n.) A witch doctor who practices conjury [syn: conjurer, conjuror, conjure man].
Conjury (n.) The practice of magic; enchantment. -- Motley.
Conjury (n.) Calling up a spirit or devil [syn: conjuring, conjuration, conjury, invocation].
Conn (v. t.) See Con, to direct a ship. Connascence
Conn (v.) Conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane.
Connascence (n.) Alt. of Connascency
Connascency (n.) The common birth of two or more at the same tome; production of two or more together. -- Johnson.
Connascency (n.) That which is born or produced with another.
Connascency (n.) The act of growing together. [Obs.] -- Wiseman.
Connascent (a.) Born together; produced at the same time. -- Craig.
Connate (a.) Born with another; being of the same birth.
Connate (a.) Congenital; existing from birth. "Connate notions." -- South.
A difference has been made by some; those diseases or conditions which are dependent on original conformation being called congenital; while the diseases of affections that may have supervened during gestation or delivery are called connate. -- Dunglison.
Connate (a.) (Bot.) Congenitally united; growing from one base, or united at their bases; united into one body; as, connate leaves or athers. See Illust. of Connate-perfoliate.
Connate (a.) Of similar parts or organs; closely joined or united; "a connate tomato flower" [ant: adnate].
Connate (a.) Related in nature; "connate qualities" [syn: connate, cognate].
Connate-perfoliate (a.) (Bot.) Connate or coalescent at the base so as to produce a broad foliaceous body through the center of which the stem passes; -- applied to leaves, as the leaves of the boneset.
Connation (n.) Connection by birth; natural union. [Obs.] -- Dr. H. More.
Connatural (a. ) Connected by nature; united in nature; inborn; inherent; natural.
These affections are connatural to us. -- L'Estrange.
Connatural (a. ) Partaking of the same nature.
And mix with our connatural dust. -- Milton.
Connatural (a.) Similar in nature; "and mix with our connatural dust" -- John Milton.
Connatural (a.) Normally existing at birth; "mankind's connatural sense of the good" [syn: connatural, inborn, inbred].
Connaturality (n.) Participation of the same nature; natural union or connection. [R.]
A congruity and connaturality between them. -- Sir M. Hale.
Connaturalize (v. t.) To bring to the same nature as something else; to adapt. [Obs.] -- Dr. J. Scott.
Connaturally (adv.) By the act of nature; originally; from birth. -- Sir M. Hale.
Connaturalness (n.) Participation of the same nature; natural union. -- I. Walton.
Connature (n.) Participation in a common nature or character. [R.]
Connature was defined as likeness in kind between either two changes in consciousness, or two states of consciousness. -- H. Spencer.
Connected (imp. & p. p.) of Connect
Connecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Connect
Connect (v. t.) To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation between.
He fills, he bounds, connects and equals all. -- Pope.
A man must see the connection of each intermediate idea with those that it connects before he can use it in a syllogism. -- Locke.
Connect (v. t.) To associate (a person or thing, or one's self) with another person, thing, business, or affair.
Connect (v. t.) To establish a communication link; -- used with with; as, his telephone didn't answer, so I connected with him by email.
Connect (v. t.) To electronically or mechanically link (a device) to another device, or to link a device to a common communication line; -- used with with; as, the installer connected our telephones on Monday; I connected my VCR to the TV set by myself; the plumber connected a shut-off valve to my gas line.
Connecting rod (Mach.), A rod or bar joined to, and connecting, two or more moving parts; esp. a rod connecting a crank wrist with a beam, crosshead, piston rod, or piston, as in a steam engine.
Connect (v. i.) To join, unite, or cohere; to have a close relation; as, one line of railroad connects with another; one argument connect with another.
Connect (v.) Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms" [syn: connect, link, tie, link up] [ant: disconnect].
Connect (v.) Make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" [syn: associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect] [ant: decouple, dissociate].
Connect (v.) Be or become joined or united or linked; "The two streets connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The travelers linked up again at the airport" [syn: connect, link, link up, join, unite].
Connect (v.) Join by means of communication equipment; "The telephone company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this area".
Connect (v.) Land on or hit solidly; "The brick connected on her head, knocking her out".
Connect (v.) Join for the purpose of communication; "Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?"
Connect (v.) Be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation; "The local train does not connect with the Amtrak train"; "The planes don't connect and you will have to wait for four hours".
Connect (v.) Establish a rapport or relationship; "The President of this university really connects with the faculty".
Connect (v.) Establish communication with someone; "did you finally connect with your long-lost cousin?" [syn: get in touch, touch base, connect].
Connect (v.) Plug into an outlet; "Please plug in the toaster!"; "Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight" [syn: plug in, plug into, connect] [ant: disconnect, unplug].
Connect (v.) Hit or play a ball successfully; "The batter connected for a home run".
Connect,
() Unix socket library routine to
connect a socket that has been created on the local hosts to one at a specified
socket address on the remote host.
Unix
manual pages: connect (2), accept (2). (1995-03-21)
Connectedly (adv.) In a connected manner.
Connecticut (n.) 康乃狄克州（英語：State of Connecticut），「康乃狄克州 [1]、 康州 [4] [5]、康乃迪克州 [5]」，中國大陸稱為「康涅狄格州」，港澳稱為「康州」，是美國東北部的一州，也是新英格蘭區域中最南的一州。在美國獨立戰爭時期，是13州聯盟之一。州花山桂，州鳥美洲知更鳥，州樹白橡。美國海軍曾以該州名稱分別命名康乃狄克號戰艦（BB-18）、康乃狄克號核動力潛水艇（SSN-22）。
Is the southernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. As of the 2010 Census, it has the highest per-capita income, Human Development Index (0.962), and median household income in the United States. [13] [14] [15] It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capital is Hartford and its most populous city is Bridgeport. It is part of New England, although portions of it are often grouped with New York and New Jersey as the Tri-state area. The state is named for the Connecticut River, a major US river that approximately bisects the state. The word "Connecticut" is derived from various anglicized spellings of an Algonquian word for "long tidal river". [16]
Connection (n.) The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; the act or process of bringing two things into contact; junction; union; as, the connection between church and state is inescapable; the connection of pipes of different diameters requires an adapter.
Syn: link, connectedness.
Connection (n.) That which connects or joins together; bond; tie.
Connection (n.) any relationship between things or events; association; alliance; as, a causal connection between interest rates and stock prices.
Syn: relation.
He [Algazel] denied the possibility of a known connection between cause and effect. -- Whewell.
The eternal and inseparable connection between virtue and happiness. -- Atterbury.
Any sort of connection which is perceived or imagined between two or more things. -- I. Taylor.
Connection (n.) A relation; esp. a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood; -- used in a loose and indefinite, and sometimes a comprehensive, sense.
Connection (n.) The persons or things that are connected; as, a business connection; the Methodist connection.
Men elevated by powerful connection. -- Motley.
At the head of a strong parliamentary connection. -- Macaulay.
Whose names, forces, connections, and characters were perfectly known to him. -- Macaulay.
Connection (n.) Something that connects other objects.
Syn: connexion, connector, connecter, connective.
Connection (n.) (Usually plural) An acquaintance or acquaintances who are influential or in a position of power and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship); as, he has powerful connections.
Connection (n.) A communications channel; as, my cell phone had a bad connection.
Connection (n.) (Transportation) a vehicle in which one may continue a journey after debarking from another vehicle; the departing vehicle of a connection [9]; as, my connection leaves four hours after my arrival; I missed my connection.
Note: A connection may be more specifically referred to as a connecting flight, a connecting train, etc.
Connection (n.) (Transportation) the scheduled arrival of one vehicle and departure of a second, sufficiently close in time and place to allow the departing vehicle serve as a means of continuing a journey begun or continued in the first vehicle; as, we can get a connection at Newark to continue on to Paris; -- most commonly used of airplanes, trains, and buses arriving and departing at the same terminal.
Connection (n.) (Transportation) the transfer of a passenger from one vehicle to another to continue a journey; as, the connection was made in Copenhagen; -- most commonly of scheduled transportation on common carriers.
Connection (n.) (Commerce) A vendor who can supply desired materials at a favorable price, or under conditions when other sources are unavailable; as, to get a bargain from one's connection in the jewelry trade; to have connections for the purchase of marijuana; -- often used in the pl..
Connection (n.) (Psychol.) the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination.
Syn: association, connection, connexion.
In this connection, in connection with this subject.
Note: [A phrase objected to by some writers.]
Note: This word was formerly written, as by Milton, with x instead of t in the termination, connexion, and the same thing is true of the kindred words inflexion, reflexion, and the like. But the general usage at present is to spell them connection, inflection, reflection, etc.
Syn: Union; coherence; continuity; junction; association; dependence; intercourse; commerce; communication; affinity; relationship.
Connection (n.) A relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare" [syn: connection, connexion, connectedness] [ant: unconnectedness].
Connection (n.) The state of being connected; "the connection between church and state is inescapable" [syn: connection, link, connectedness] [ant: disconnectedness, disconnection, disjunction, disjuncture].
Connection (n.) An instrumentality that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers" [syn: connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective].
Connection (n.) (Usually plural) A person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship); "he has powerful connections".
Connection (n.) The process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by association" [syn: association, connection, connexion].
Connection (n.) A connecting shape [syn: connection, connexion, link].
Connection (n.) A supplier (especially of narcotics)
Connection (n.) Shifting from one form of transportation to another; "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta" [syn: connection, connexion].
Connection (n.) The act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication); "the joining of hands around the table"; "there was a connection via the internet" [syn: joining, connection, connexion].
Connective (a.) Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection.
Connection tissue (Anat.) See Conjunctive tissue, under Conjunctive.
Connective (n.) That which connects .Specifically:
Connective (n.) (Gram.) A word that connect words or sentences; a conjunction or preposition.
Connective (n.) (Bot.) That part of an anther which connects its thecae, lobes, or cells.
Connective (a.) Connecting or tending to connect; "connective remarks between chapters"; "connective tissue in animals"; "conjunctive tissue in plants".
Connective (n.) An uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences [syn: conjunction, conjunctive, connective, continuative].
Connective (n.) An instrumentality that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers" [syn: connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective].
Connective, () An operator used in first order logic to combine two logical formulas. (2014-05-04)
Connectively (adv.) In connjunction; jointly.
Connector (n.) One who, or that which, connects; as:
Connector (n.) A flexible tube for connecting the ends of glass tubes in pneumatic experiments.
Connector (n.) A device for holding two parts of an electrical conductor in contact.
Connector (n.) An instrumentality that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers" [syn: connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective].
Compare: Gilthead
Gilthead (n.) (Zool.) A marine fish. The name is applied to two species:
Gilthead (n.) (Zool.) The Pagrus auratus (syn. Chrysophrys auratus), a valuable food fish common in the Mediterranean (so named from its golden-colored head); -- called also giltpoll.
Gilthead (n.) (Zool.) The Crenilabrus melops, of the British coasts; -- called also golden maid, conner, sea partridge.
Conner (n.) (Zool.) A marine European fish ({Crenilabrus melops); also, the related American cunner. See Cunner.
Compare: Cunner
Cunner (n.) [Cf. Conner.] (Zool.) A small edible fish of the Atlantic coast ({Ctenolabrus adspersus); -- called also chogset, burgall, blue perch, and bait stealer. [Written also conner.]
Cunner (n.) A small shellfish; the limpet or patella.
Connex (v. t.) To connect. -- Sir M. Hale.
Connexion (n.) Connection. See Connection.
Connexion (n.) Aconnecting shape [syn: connection, connexion, link].
Connexion (n.) A relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare" [syn: connection, connexion, connectedness] [ant: unconnectedness].
Connexion (n.) The process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by association" [syn: association, connection, connexion].
Connexion (n.) An instrumentality that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers" [syn: connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective].
Connexion (n.) Shifting from one form of transportation to another; "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta" [syn: connection, connexion].
Connexion (n.) The act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication); "the joining of hands around the table"; "there was a connection via the internet" [syn: joining, connection, connexion].
Connexive (a.) See Connective.
Conning tower (n.) The shot-proof pilot house of a war vessel. [archaic]
Conning tower (n.) the raised structure rising above the deck of a submarine.
Conning tower (n.) An armored pilothouse on a warship.
Conning tower (n.) A raised bridge on a submarine; often used for entering and exiting.
Conniption (n.) A display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: fit, tantrum, scene, conniption].
Conniption (n.) [ C ] 歇斯底里 Have conniptions (also Have a conniption, Have a conniption fit) (mainly US informal humorous) To be very angry or upset.
// Her mother had conniptions when she heard about it.
// Lots of men had conniption fits about the Equal Rights Amendment.
Conniption (n.) A fit of violent emotion, such as anger or panic. (Syn.) fit, tantrum, scene.
// When he discovered that his soup was only lukewarm, he had a conniption and stormed out of the restaurant.
Conniption (n.) A display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: {fit}, {tantrum}, {scene}, {conniption}]
Connivance (n.) 默許；縱容 Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or cooperation.
Connivance (n.) (Law) Corrupt or guilty assent to wrongdoing, not involving actual participation in, but knowledge of, and failure to prevent or oppose it.
Syn: See Collusion.
Connivance (n.) Agreement on a secret plot [syn: {connivance}, {collusion}].
Connivance (n.) (law) Tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing [syn: {connivance}, {secret approval}, {tacit consent}].
Connived (imp. & p. p.) of Connive
Conniving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Connive
Connive (v. i.) To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink. [Obs.]
The artist is to teach them how to nod judiciously, and to connive with either eye. -- Spectator.
Connive (v. i.) To close the eyes upon a fault; to wink (at); to fail or forbear by intention to discover an act; to permit a proceeding, as if not aware of it; -- usually followed by at.
To connive at what it does not approve. -- Jer. Taylor.
In many of these, the directors were heartily concurring; in most of them, they were encouraging, and sometimes commanding; in all they were conniving. -- Burke.
The government thought it expedient, occasionally, to connive at the violation of this rule. -- Macaulay.
Connive (v. t.) To shut the eyes to; to overlook; to pretend not to see. [R. & Obs.] "Divorces were not connived only, but with eye open allowed." -- Milton.
Connive (v.) Encourage or assent to illegally or criminally.
Connive (v.) Form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner [syn: scheme, intrigue, connive].
Connivency (n.) Connivance. [Obs.]
Connivent (a.) Forbearing to see; designedly inattentive; as, connivent justice. [R.] -- Milton.
Connivent (a.) (Biol.) Brought close together; arched inward so that the points meet; converging; in close contact; as, the connivent petals of a flower, wings of an insect, or folds of membrane in the human system, etc.
Conniver (n.) One who connives.
Conniver, () An artificial intelligence programming language for automatic theorem proving from MIT. CONNIVER grew out of PLANNER and was based on coroutines rather than backtracking. It allowed multiple database contexts with hypothetical assertions.
["The
CONNIVER Reference Manual", D. McDermott & G.J. Sussman
Connoisseur (n.) One well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person; a critical judge of any art, particulary of one of the fine arts.
The connoisseur is "one who knows," as opposed to the dilettant, who only "thinks he knows." -- Fairholt.
Connoisseur (n.) An expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts [syn: connoisseur, cognoscente].
Connoisseur, (n.) A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else.
An old wine-bibber having been smashed in a railway collision, some wine was pouted on his lips to revive him. "Pauillac, 1873," he murmured and died.
Connoisseur (n.) A person who knows a lot about something (such as art, wine, food, etc.) : an expert in a particular subject.
Connoisseur (n.) Expert; especially : one who understands the details, technique, or principles of an art and is competent to act as a critical judge.
Connoisseur (n.) One who enjoys with discrimination and appreciation of subtleties <a connoisseur of fine wines>.
Connoisseur (n.) A person qualified to act as a judge in matters involving taste and appreciation.
Connoisseurship (n.) State of being a connoisseur.
Connoisseurship (n.) Love of or taste for fine objects of art [syn: virtu, vertu, connoisseurship].
Connotate (v. t.) To connote; to suggest or designate (something) as additional; to include; to imply. -- Hammond.
Connotation (n.) The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.
Connotation (n.) A meaning implied but not explicitly denoted by some word or expression, which may be understood in addition to the explicit primary meaning.
Connotation (n.) (Logic) the full set of necessary properties possessed by all the objects within the extension of a term; the intensional meaning of a term, which determines the objects to which the term applies; the intension of a term.
Syn: intension.
Connotation (n.) What you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression [syn: intension, connotation].
Connotation (n.) An idea that is implied or suggested.
Connotation (n.) [ C ] 內涵意義；隱含意義；聯想意義 A feeling or idea that is suggested by a particular word although it need not be a part of the word's meaning, or something suggested by an object or situation.
// The word "lady" has connotations of refinement and excessive femininity that some women find offensive.
Connotative (a.) Implying something additional; illative.
Connotative (a.) (Log.) Implying an attribute. See Connote.
Connotative term, One which denotes a subject and implies an attribute. -- J. S. Mill.
Connotative (a.) Having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit [ant: denotative, denotive].
Connotatively (adv.) In a connotative manner; expressing connotation.
Connoted (imp. & p. p.) of Connote.
Connoting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Connote.
Connote (v. t.) To mark along with; to suggest or indicate as additional; to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to imply.
Good, in the general notion of it, connotes also a certain suitableness of it to some other thing. -- South.
Connote (v. t.) (Logic) To imply as an attribute.
The word "white" denotes all white things, as snow, paper, the foam of the sea, etc., and ipmlies, or as it was termed by the schoolmen, connotes, the attribute "whiteness." -- J. S. Mill.
Connote (v.) Express or state indirectly [syn: imply, connote]
Connote (v.) Involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well" [syn: connote, predicate].
Connubial (a.) Of or pertaining to marriage, or the marriage state; conjugal; nuptial.
Nor Eve the rites Mysterious of connubial love refused. -- Milton.
Kind, connubial tenderness. -- Goldsmith.
Connubial (adv.) In a conjugal manner [syn: conjugally, connubial].
Connubial (a.) Of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband; "connubial bliss"; "conjugal visits" [syn: conjugal, connubial].
Connubiality (n.) The quality of being connubial; something characteristics of the conjugal state; an expression of connubial tenderness.
Some connubialities which had begun to pass between Mr. and Mrs. B. -- Dickens.
Connumeration (n.) A reckoning together. [R.] -- Porson.
Connusance (n.) (Law) See Cognizance. [Obs.]
Connusant (a.) (Law) See Cognizant. [Obs.]
Connusor (n.) (Law) See Cognizor. [Obs.]
Connutritious (a.) Nutritious by force of habit; -- said of certain kinds of food. [Obs.] -- Crabb.
Conny (a.) Brave; fine; canny. [Prov. Eng.] -- Grose.
Conodont (n.) (Zool.) A peculiar toothlike fossil of many forms, found especially in carboniferous rocks. Such fossils are supposed by some to be the teeth of marsipobranch fishes, but they are probably the jaws of annelids. Conodonta
Conodont (n.) The tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta.
Conodont (n.) Small (2 inches long) extinct eellike fish with a finned tail and a notochord and having cone-shaped teeth containing cellular bone; late Cambrian to late Triassic; possible predecessor of the cyclostomes.
Conoid (n.) Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone.
Conoid (n.) (Geom.) A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis; as, a parabolic conoid, elliptic conoid, etc.; -- more commonly called paraboloid, ellipsoid, etc.
Conoid (n.) (Geom.) A surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner as always to meet a given straight line and a given curve, and continue parallel to a given plane. -- Math. Dict.
Conoid (a.) Resembling a cone; conoidal.
Conoid (n.) A shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point [syn: cone, conoid, cone shape].
Conoidal (a.) Nearly, but not exactly, conical. -- Lindley.
Conoidic (a.) Alt. of Conoidical.
Conoidical (a.) Pertaining to a conoid; having the form of a conoid.
Conominee (n.) One nominated in conjunction with another; a joint nominee. -- Kirby.
Conquadrate (v. t.) To bring into a square. [R.] -- Ash.
Conquassate (v. t.) To shake; to agitate. [Obs.] -- Harvey. -- Con`quas*sa"tion, n. [Obs.]
Conquered (imp. & p. p.) of Conquer
Conquering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conquer
Conquer (v. t.) To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to overcome by force of arms; to cause to yield; to vanquish. "If thou conquer Rome." -- Shak.
If we be conquer'd, let men conquer us. -- Shak.
We conquered France, but felt our captive's charms. -- Pope.
Conquer (v. t.) To subdue or overcome by mental or moral power; to surmount; as, to conquer difficulties, temptation, etc.
By winning words to conquer hearts, And make persuasion do the work of fear. -- Milton.
Conquer (v. t.) To gain or obtain, overcoming obstacles in the way; to win; as, to conquer freedom; to conquer a peace.
Syn: To subdue; vanquish; overcome; overpower; overthrow; defeat; rout; discomfit; subjugate; reduce; humble; crush; surmount; subject; master.
Usage: To Conquer, Vanquish, Subdue, Subjugate, Overcome. These words agree in the general idea expressed by overcome, -- that of bringing under one's power by the exertion of force. Conquer is wider and more general than vanquish, denoting usually a succession of conflicts. Vanquish is more individual, and refers usually to a single conflict. Thus, Alexander conquered Asia in a succession of battles, and vanquished Darius in one decisive engagement.
Subdue implies a more gradual and continual pressure, but a surer and more final subjection. We speak of a nation as subdued when its spirit is at last broken, so that no further resistance is offered. Subjugate is to bring completely under the yoke of bondage. The ancient Gauls were never finally subdued by the Romans until they were completely subjugated. These words, when used figuratively, have correspondent meanings.
We conquer our prejudices or aversions by a succesion of conflicts; but we sometimes vanquish our reluctance to duty by one decided effort: we endeavor to subdue our evil propensities by watchful and persevering exertions. Subjugate is more commonly taken in its primary meaning, and when used figuratively has generally a bad sense; as, his reason was completely subjugated to the sway of his passions.
Conquer (v. i.) To gain the victory; to overcome; to prevail.
He went forth conquering and to conquer. -- Rev. vi. 2.
The champions resolved to conquer or to die. -- Waller.
Conquer (v.) To put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" [syn: suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb].
Conquer (v.) Take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle" [syn: appropriate, capture, seize, conquer].
Conquer (v.) Overcome by conquest; "conquer your fears"; "conquer a country".
Conquerable (a.) Capable of being conquered or subdued. -- South. -- Con"quer*a*ble*ness, n.
Conquerable (a.) Subject to being conquered or overcome; "knew her fears were ultimately conquerable" [ant: unconquerable].
Conquerable (a.) Capable of being surmounted or excelled [syn: conquerable, superable].
Conqueress (n.) A woman who conquers. -- Fairfax.
Conqueror (n.) One who conquers.
The Conqueror (Eng. Hist.). William the Norman (1027-1067) who invaded England, defeated Harold in the battle of Hastings, and was crowned king, in 1066.
Conquest (n.) The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection; subjugation; victory.
In joys of conquest he resigns his breath. -- Addison.
Three years sufficed for the conquest of the country. -- Prescott.
Conquest (n.) That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.
Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home? -- Shak.
Conquest (n.) (Feudal Law) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition. -- Blackstone.
Conquest (n.) The act of gaining or regaining by successful struggle; as, the conquest of liberty or peace.
The Conquest (Eng. Hist.), The subjugation of England by William of Normandy in 1066. The Norman Conquest.
Syn: Victory; triumph; mastery; reduction; subjugation; subjection.
Conquest (n.) The act of conquering [syn: conquest, conquering, subjection, subjugation].
Conquest (n.) Success in mastering something difficult; "the conquest of space".
Conquest (n.) An act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone [syn: seduction, conquest].
Conquest, () Feudal law. This term was used by the feudists to signify purchase.
Conquest, () International law. The acquisition of the sovereignty of a country by force of arms, exercised by an independent power which reduces the vanquished to the submission of its empire.
Conquest, () It is a general rule, that where conquered countries have laws of their own, these laws remain in force after the conquest, until they are abrogated, unless they are contrary to our religion, or enact any malum in se. In all such cases the laws of the conquering country prevail; for it is not to be presumed that laws opposed to religion or sound morals could be sanctioned. 1 Story, Const. Sec. 150, and the cases there cited.
Conquest, () The conquest and military occupation of a part of the territory of the United States by a public enemy, renders such conquered territory, during such occupation, a foreign country with respect to the revenue laws of the United States. 4 Wheat. R. 246; 2 Gallis. R. 486. The people of a conquered territory change their allegiance, but, by the modern practice, their relations to each other, and their rights of property, remain the same. 7 Pet. R. 86.
Conquest, () Conquest does not, per se, give the conqueror plenum dominium et utile, but a temporary right of possession and government. 2 Gallis. R. 486; 3 Wash. C. C. R. 101. See 8 Wheat. R. 591; 2 Bay, R. 229; 2 Dall. R. 1; 12 Pet. 410.
Conquest, () The right which the English government claimed over the territory now composing the United States, was not founded on conquest, but discovery. Id. Sec. 152, et seq.