Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 114
Constrictive (a.) Serving or tending to bind or constrict.
Constrictor (n.) That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.
Constrictor (n.) A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which compresses an organ; a sphincter.
Constrictor (n.) A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.
Constringed (imp. & p. p.) of Constringe
Constringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Constringe
Constringe (v. t.) To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink.
Constringent (a.) Having the quality of contracting, binding, or compressing.
Constructed (imp. & p. p.) of Construct
Constructing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Construct
Construct (v. t.) 構造，建造，想出，作圖構成物 To put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; as, to construct an edifice.
Construct (v. t.) To devise; to invent; to set in order; to arrange; as, to construct a theory of ethics.
Construct (a.) Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or inference.
Construct (n.) [C] 構思的結果，構想；概念 An abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances [syn: {concept}, {conception}, {construct}] [ant: {misconception}]
Constructer (n.) One who, or that which, constructs or frames.
Construction (n.) [U] 建造，建築，建設；[C] 建築物，建造物 The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.
Construction (n.) The form or manner of building or putting together the parts of anything; structure; arrangement.
Construction (n.) The arrangement and connection of words in a sentence; syntactical arrangement.
Construction (n.) The method of construing, interpreting, or explaining a declaration or fact; an attributed sense or meaning; understanding; explanation; interpretation; sense.
Constructional (a.) 裝配的，構造上的，解釋上的 Pertaining to, or deduced from, construction or interpretation.
Constructionist (n.) 法令解釋者，美國憲法解釋者 One who puts a certain construction upon some writing or instrument, as the Constitutions of the United States; as, a strict constructionist; a broad constructionist.
Constructive (a.) 建設性的，構造上的，作圖的 Having ability to construct or form; employed in construction; as, to exhibit constructive power.
Constructive (a.) Derived from, or depending on, construction or interpretation; not directly expressed, but inferred.
Constructively (adv.) 建設性地 In a constructive manner; by construction or inference.
Constructiveness (n.) 建設性 Tendency or ability to form or construct.
Constructiveness (n.) The faculty which enables one to construct, as in mechanical, artistic, or literary matters.
Constructor (n.) 構造函數，建立者 A constructer.
Constructure (n.) 結構 That which is constructed or formed; an edifice; a fabric.
Construed (imp. & p. p.) of Construe
Construing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Construe
Construe (v. t. ) 解釋，分析，逐字翻譯 To apply the rules of syntax to (a sentence or clause) so as to exhibit the structure, arrangement, or connection of, or to discover the sense; to explain the construction of; to interpret; to translate.
Construe (v. t. ) To put a construction upon; to explain the sense or intention of; to interpret; to understand.
Construe (v.) (Formal) Construe sth as sth: To understand the meaning, especially of other people's actions and statements, in a particular way.
// Any changes to the plan would be construed as indecision.
Construprated (imp. & p. p.) of Constuprate
Constuprating (p. p. & vb. n.) of Constuprate
Constuprate (v. t.) To ravish; to debauch.
Constupration (n.) The act of ravishing; violation; defilement.
Consubstantial (a.) Of the same kind or nature; having the same substance or essence; coessential.
Consubstantialism (n.) The doctrine of consubstantiation.
Consubstantialist (n.) One who believes in consubstantiation.
Consubstantiality (n.) Participation of the same nature; coexistence in the same substance.
Consubstantially (adv.) In a consubstantial manner; with identity of substance or nature.
Consubstantiated (imp. & p. p.) of Consubstantiate
Consubstantiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Consubstantiate
Consubstantiate (v. t. ) To cause to unite, or to regard as united, in one common substance or nature.
Consubstantiate (v. i.) To profess or belive the doctrine of consubstantion.
Consubstantiate (a.) Partaking of the same substance; united; consubstantial.
Consubstantiation (n.) An identity or union of substance.
Consubstantiation (n.) The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; impanation; -- opposed to transubstantiation.
Consuetude (n.) Custom, habit; usage.
Consuetudinal (a.) According to custom; customary; usual.
Consuetudinary (a.) Customary.
Consuetudinaries (n. pl. ) of Cussuetudinary
Cussuetudinary (n.) A manual or ritual of customary devotional exercises.
Consul (n.) (Rom. Antiq.) One of the two chief magistrates of the republic.
Note: They were chosen annually, originally from the patricians only, but later from the plebeians also.
Consul (n.) A senator; a
counselor. [Obs.]
Many of the consuls, raised and met, Are at the duke's already. -- Shak.
With kings and consuls of the earth. -- Job. iii. 14 (Douay Ver. )
Consul (n.) (Fr. Hist.) One of the three chief magistrates of France from 1799 to 1804, who were called, respectively, first, second, and third consul.
Consul (n.) An official commissioned to reside in some foreign country, to care for the commercial interests of the citizens of the appointing government, and to protect its seamen.
Consul general, A consul of the first rank, stationed in an important place, or having jurisdiction in several places or over several consuls.
Vice consul, A consular officer holding the place of a consul during the consul's absence or after he has been relieved.
Consul (n.) A diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country.
Consul () A constraint-based declarative language based on axiomatic set theory and designed for parallel execution on MIMD architectures. Consul's fundamental data type is the set and its fundamental operators are the logical connectives ("and", "or", "not") and quantifiers ("forall", "exists"). It is written in Lisp-like syntax, e.g., (plus x y z) which means the relation x = y+z (not an assignment statement).
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Consul, () Government, commerce. Consuls are commercial agent's appointed by a government to reside in the seaports of a foreign country, and commissioned to watch over the commercial rights and privileges of the nation deputing them. A vice-consul is one acting in the place of a consul.
Consul, () Consuls have been greatly multiplied. Their duties and privileges are now generally limited, defined and secured by commercial treaties, or by the laws of the countries they represent. As a general rule, it may be laid down that they represent the subjects or citizens of their own nation, not otherwise represented. Bee, R. 209 3 Wheat. R. 435; 6. Wheat. R., 152; 10 Wheat. 66; 1 Mason's R. 14.
Consul, () This subject will be considered by a view, first, of the appointment, duties, powers, rights, and liabilities of American consuls; and secondly, of the recognition, duties, rights, and liabilities of foreign consuls.
Consul, () Of American consuls. First. The president authorized by the Constitution of the United States, art. 2, s. 2, el. 3, to nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint consuls.
Consul, () -Secondly. Each consul and vice-consul is required, before he enters on the execution of his office, to give bond, with such sureties as shall be approved by the secretary of state, in a sum not less than two thousand nor more than ten thousand dollars, conditioned for the true and faithful discharge of the duties of his office, and also for truly accounting for all moneys, goods and effects which may come into his possession by virtue of the act of 14th April, 1792, which bond is to be lodged in the office of the secretary of State. Act of April 14, 1792, sect. 6.
Consul, () -Thirdly. They have the power and are required to perform many duties in relation to the commerce of the United States and towards masters of ships, mariners, and other citizens of the United States; among these are the authority to receive protests or declarations which captains, masters, crews, passengers, merchants, and others make relating to American commerce; they are required to administer on the estate of American citizens, dying within their consulate, and leaving no legal representatives, when the laws of the country permit it; [see 2 Curt. Ecc. R. 241] to take charge and secure the effects of stranded American vessels in the absence of the master, owner or consignee; to settle disputes between masters of vessels and the mariners; to provide for destitute seamen within their consulate, and send them to the United States, at the public expense. See Act of 14th April, 1792; Act of 28th February, 1803, ch. 62; Act of 20th July, 1840, Ch. 23. The consuls are also authorized to make certificates of certain facts in certain cases, which receive faith and credit in the courts of the United States. But those consular certificates are not to be received in evidence, unless they are given in the performance of a consular function; 2 Cranch, R. 187; Paine, R. 594; 2 Wash. C. C. R. 478; 1 Litt. R. 71; nor are they evidence, between persons not parties or privies to the transaction, of any fact, unless, either expressly or impliedly, made so by statute. 2 Sumn. R. 355.
Consul, () -Fourthly. Their rights are to be protected agreeably to the laws of nations, and of the treaties made between the nation to which they are sent, and the United States. They are entitled, by the act of 14th April, 1792, s. 4, to receive certain fees, which are there enumerated. And the consuls in certain places, as London, Paris, and the Barbary states, receive, besides, a salary.
Consul, () -Fifthly. A consul is liable for negligence or omission to perform, seasonably, the duties imposed upon him, or for any malversation or abuse of power, to any injured person, for all damages occasioned thereby; and for all malversation and corrupt conduct in office, a consul is liable to indictment, and, on conviction by any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined not less than one, nor more than ten thousand dollars; and be imprisoned not less than one nor more than five years. Act of July 20, 1840, ch. 23, cl. 18. The act of February 28, 1803, ss. 7 and 8, imposes heavy penalties for falsely and knowingly certifying that property belonging to foreigners is the property of citizens of the United States; or for granting a passport, or other paper, certifying that any alien, knowing him or her to be such, is a citizen of the United States.
Consul, () The duties of consuls residing on the Barbary coast are prescribed by a particular statute. Act of May 1, 1810, S. 4.
Consul, () Of foreign consuls. First. Before a consul can perform any duties in the United States, he must be recognized by the president of the United States, and have received his exequatur. (q.v.)
Consul, () -Secondly. A consul is clothed only with authority for commercial purposes, and he has a right to interpose claims for the restitution of property belonging to the citizens or subjects of the country he represents; 10 Wheat. R. 66; 1 Mason R. 14; See, R. 209; 6 Wheat. R. 152; but he is not to be considered as a minister or diplomatic Agent, entrusted by virtue of his office to represent his sovereign in negotiations with foreign states. 3 Wheat, R. 435.
Consul, () -Thirdly. Consuls are generally invested with special privileges by local laws and usages, or by international compact; but by the laws of nations they are not entitled to the peculiar immunities of ambassadors. In civil and criminal cases, they are subject to the local laws in the same manner with other foreign residents owing a temporary allegiance to the state. Wicquefort, De l'Ambassadeur, liv. 1, Sec. 5; Bynk. cap. 10 Martens, Droit des Gens, liv. 4, c. 3, Sec. 148. In the United States, the act of September 24th, 1789, s. 13 gives to the supreme court original, but not exclusive jurisdiction of all suits in which a consul or vice-consul shall be a party. The act last cited, section 9, gives to the district courts of the United States, jurisdiction exclusively of the courts of the several states, of all suits against consuls or vice-consuls, except for offences where whipping exceeding thirty stripes, a fine exceeding one hundred dollars, or a term of imprisonment exceeding six months, is inflicted. For offences punishable beyond these penalties, the circuit has jurisdiction in the case of consuls. 5 S. & R. 545. See 1 Binn. 143; 2 Dall. 299; 2 N. & M. 217; 3 Pick. R. 80; 1 Green, R. 107; 17 Johns. 10; 6 Pet. R. 41; 7 Pet. R.
276; 6 Wend. 327.
Consul, () -Fourthly. His functions may be suspended at any time by the government to which he is sent, and his exequatur revoked. In general, a consul is not liable, personally, on a contract made in his official capacity on account of his government. 3 Dall. 384.
Consul, () During the middle ages, the term consul was sometimes applied to ordinary judges; and, in the Levant, maritime judges are yet called consuls. 1 Boul. Paty, Dr. Mar. Tit. Prel. s. 2, p. 57.
Consul, () Among the Romans, consuls were chief magistrates who were annually elected by the people, and were invested with powers and functions similar to those of kings. See, generally, Abbott on Ship. 210; 2 Bro. Civ. Law, 503; Merl. Repert. h.t.; Ayl. Pand. 160; Warden on Consuls; Marten on Consuls; Borel, de l'Origine, et des Fonctions des Consuls; Rawle on the Const. 222, 223; Story on the Const. Sec. 1654 Serg. Const. Law, 225; Azuni, Mar. Law, part 1, c. 4, art. 8, Sec. 7.
Consul (n.) In American politics, a person who having failed to secure and office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
Consulage (n.) (Com.) A duty or tax paid by merchants for the protection of their commerce by means of a consul in a foreign place.
Consular (a.) Of or pertaining to a consul; performing the duties of a consul; as, consular power; consular dignity; consular officers.
Consular (a.) Having to do with a consul or his office or duties.
Consulary (a.) Consular. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Consulate (n.) The office of a consul. -- Addison.
Consulate (n.) The jurisdiction or residence of a consul. --Kent.
Consulate (n.) Consular government; term of office of a consul.
Consulate (n.) Diplomatic building that serves as the residence or workplace of a consul.
Consulship (n.) The office of a consul; consulate.
Consulship (n.) The term of office of a consul.
Consulship (n.) The post of consul.
Consulted (imp. & p. p.) of Consult
Consulting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Consult
Consult (v. i.) (v. i.) 商討，商量，協商，會診 (v. t.) 向…請教，查閱，考慮 To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.
Consult (v. t.) To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a physician; to consult a dictionary.
Consult (v. t.) To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.
Consult (v. t.) To deliberate upon; to take for.
Consult (v. t.) To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.
Consult (n.) The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consulation; determination; decision.
Consult (n.) A council; a meeting for consultation.
Consult (n.) Agreement; concert. [Obs.]
Consult (v.) Get or ask advice from; "Consult your local broker"; "They had to consult before arriving at a decision" [syn: {consult}, {confer with}].
Consult (v.) Seek information from; "You should consult the dictionary"; "refer to your notes" [syn: {consult}, {refer}, {look up}].
Consult (v.) Have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action" [syn: {confer}, {confabulate}, {confab}, {consult}].
Consult (v.) Advise professionally; "The professor consults for industry".
Consultant (n.) [C] 顧問；會診醫生，顧問醫生；商議者 An expert who gives advice; "an adviser helped students select their courses"; "the United States sent military advisors to Guatemala" [syn: {adviser}, {advisor}, {consultant}]
Consultary (a.) Formed by consultation; resulting from conference.
Consultation (n.) 諮詢；商議；診察 [U] [C] [（+with）]；（磋商）會議；會診 [C] [（+on/ about）] The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision.
Thus they doubtful consultations dark Ended. -- Milton.
Consultation (n.) A council or conference, as of physicians, held to consider a special case, or of lawyers restained in a cause.
{Writ of consultation} (Law) A writ by which a cause, improperly removed by prohibition from one court to another, is returned to the court from which it came; -- so called because the judges, on consultation, find the prohibition ill-founded.
Consultation (n.) A conference (usually with someone important); "he had a consultation with the judge"; "he requested an audience with the king" [syn: {consultation}, {audience}, {interview}].
Consultation (n.) A conference between two or more people to consider a particular question; "frequent consultations with his lawyer"; "a consultation of several medical specialists".
Consultation (n.) The act of referring or consulting; "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer" [syn: {reference}, {consultation}].
Consultative (a.) 顧問的；諮詢的；磋商的Pertaining to consultation; having the privilege or right of conference.
Consultatory (a.) 諮詢的 Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory.
Consultatory (a.) Giving advice; "an advisory memorandum", "his function was purely consultative" [syn: {advisory}, {consultative}, {consultatory}, {consultive}].
Consulter (n.) 商量者；諮詢者 One who consults, or asks counsel or information.
Consulting (a.) That consults.
Consultive (a.) 諮詢的 Determined by, or pertaining to, consultation; deliberate; consultative.
Consultive (a.) Giving advice; "an advisory memorandum", "his function was purely consultative" [syn: {advisory}, {consultative}, {consultatory}, {consultive}].
Consumable (a.) 能用盡的 Capable of being consumed; that may be destroyed, dissipated, wasted, or spent. "Consumable commodities." -- Locke.
Consumable (a.) May be used up.
Consumed (imp. & p. p.) of Consume
Consuming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Consume消耗 (Consume的現在分詞).
Consume (v. t.) 消耗，花費；耗盡；吃完，喝光 To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.
If he were putting to my house the brand That shall consume it. -- Shak.
Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume. -- Matt. vi. 20 (Rev. Ver.).
Let me alone . . . that I may consume them. -- Ex. xxxii. 10.
Syn: To destroy; swallow up; ingulf; absorb; waste; exhaust; spend; expend; squander; lavish; dissipate.
Consume (v. i.) 耗盡生命；被（燒）毀 To waste away slowly.
Consumed (a.) 對（某種想法）著迷的；充滿（某種情感）的；consume 的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Completely used up.
Syn: used-up (prenominal), used up (predicate).
Compare: Eaten
Eaten (a.) Ingested through the mouth. Contrasted with {uneaten}.
[Narrower terms: {consumed}; {devoured, eaten up (predicate)}].
Consumed (a.) Eaten or drunk up.
Consumedly (adv.) Excessively.
Consumer (n.) One who, or that which, consumes; as, the consumer of food.
Consumerism (n.) 保護消費者利益運動（1960年代由Ralph Nader在美國發起）；消費主義（主張消費刺激經濟）；用戶至上主義 The theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically beneficial.
Consumerism (n.) A movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers.
Consumerism (n.) [ U ] (Politics) 消費 The state of an advanced industrial society in which a lot of goods are bought and sold.
Consumerism (n.) [ U ] (Disapproving) （過分強調購買和擁有商品的）消費主義 The situation in which too much attention is given to buying and owning things.
// He disliked Christmas and its rampant (= extreme) consumerism.
Consuming (a.) 強烈的；消費的 Taking up most of one's attention; ardent; as, politics is his consuming passion.
Syn: overwhelming.
Consuming (a.) Very intense; "politics is his consuming passion"; "overwhelming joy" [syn: {consuming}, {overwhelming}].
Consuming (a.) Strongly and urgently felt.
// A consuming need to be successful.
Consuming (a.) Ardent or deeply felt.
// A consuming interest; consuming passion.
Consumingly (adv.) 強烈地 In a consuming manner.
Consumingness (n.) (pl. - es) The quality or state of being consuming.
Consummate (a.) 圓滿的；完美的；至上的 Carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect.
Consummated (imp. & p. p.) of Consummate
Consummating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Consummate
Consummate (v. t. ) 完成；實現；使完美；圓房，完婚；使達到極點 To bring to completion; to raise to the highest point or degree; to complete; to finish; to perfect; to achieve.
Consummate (a.) [Before noun ] (Formal) 完美無缺的；圓滿的 Perfect, or complete in every way.
// A life of consummate happiness.
// He's a consummate athlete/ gentleman/ liar.
Consummate (v.) [ T ] (Have sex) (Specialized) (Law) 圓房；（透過性交）使（婚姻或戀愛關係）完滿 To make a marriage or romantic relationship complete by having sex.
// The marriage was never consummated.
Consummate (v.) [ T ] (Complete) (Formal) 使圓滿；使完美 To make something complete or perfect.
Consummately (adv.) 完成地；至上地 In a consummate manner; completely. -- T. Warton.
Consummation (n.) 完成；實現；完婚；圓房 The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; completed; completion; perfection; termination; end (as of the world or of life).
'T is a consummation Devoutly to be wished. -- Shak.
From its original to its consummation. -- Addison.
Quiet consummation have, And renown['e]d be thy grave. -- Shak.
{Consummation of marriage}, 【法】 圓房, 完婚 Completion of the connubial relation by actual cohabition.
Consummation (n.) The completion of marriage by sexual intercourse.
Consummation (n.) The act of bringing to completion or fruition.
Consummation (n.). The completion of a thing; as the consummation of marriage; (q.v.) the consummation of a contract, and the like.
Consummation (n.) A contract is said to be consummated, when everything to be done in relation to it, has been accomplished. It is frequently of great importance to know when a contract has been consummated, in order to ascertain the rights of the parties, particularly in the contract of sale. Vide Delivery, where the subject is more fully examined. It is also sometimes of consequence to ascertain where the consummation of the contract took place, in order to decide by what law it is to be governed.
Consummation (n.) It has been established as a rule, that when a contract is made by persons absent from each other, it is considered as consummated in, and is governed by the law of, the country where the final assent is given. If, therefore, Paul in New Orleans, order goods from Peter in London, the contract is governed by the laws of the latter place. 8 M. R. 135; Plowd. 843. Vide Conflict of Laws;, Inception; Lex Loci Contractus; Lex Fori; Offer.
Consummative (a.) Serving to consummate; completing.
Consumption (n.) 消費，消費量，憔悴；肺癆；癆病 The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction.
Consumption (n.) The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay.
Consumption (n.) A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; -- called also pulmonary consumption.
Consumption (n.) The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) [syn: {consumption}, {ingestion}, {intake}, {uptake}].
Consumption (n.) Involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body [syn: {pulmonary tuberculosis}, {consumption}, {phthisis}, {wasting disease}, {white plague}].
Consumption (n.) (Economics) The utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily" [syn: {consumption}, {economic consumption}, {usance}, {use}, {use of goods and services}].
Consumption (n.) The act of consuming something [syn: {consumption}, {using up}, {expenditure}].