Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 98

Computist (n.) A computer [1].

Comrade (n.) 同志,夥伴 A mate, companion, or associate.

And turned my flying comrades to the charge. -- J. Baillie. 

I abjure all roofs, and choose . . . To be a comrade with the wolf and owl. -- Shak.

Comrade (n.) A friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" [syn: companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate].

Comrade (n.) A fellow member of the Communist Party.

Comrade (n.) Used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement; "Greetings, comrade!" [syn: brother, comrade].

Comrade (n.) 夥伴,同事;(共產黨的)同志;南非年輕黑人激進派的成員 A person who shares one's interests or activities; a friend or companion.

Comrade (n.) often Comrade A fellow member of a group, especially a fellow member of the Communist Party.

Comrade (n.) An associate or companion.

Comrade (n.) (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) A fellow member of a political party, esp a fellow Communist or socialist.

Comradely (a.) 同志式的 Like a comrade; heartily friendly and congenial.

Syn: hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met.

Comradely (a.) Heartily friendly and congenial [syn: comradely, hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met].

Comradery (n.) The spirit of comradeship; comradeship. [R.]

"Certainly", said Dunham, with the comradery of the smoker. -- W. D. Howells.

Comradery (n.) The quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability [syn: chumminess, camaraderie, comradeliness, comradery, comradeship].

Comradeship (n.) 同伴(同僚)之誼,友誼;同志關係 The state of being a comrade; intimate fellowship.

Comradeship (n.) The quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability [syn: chumminess, camaraderie, comradeliness, comradery, comradeship].

Comrogue (n.) A fellow rogue. [Obs.]

Comtism (n.) Positivism; the positive philosophy. See Positivism.

Comtism (n.)  Auguste Comte's positivistic philosophy that metaphysics and theology should be replaced by a hierarchy of sciences from mathematics at the base to sociology at the top.

Comtist (n.) A disciple of Comte; a positivist.

Con- () A prefix, fr. L. cum, signifying with, together, etc. See Com-.

Con (adv.) Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro.

Conned (imp. & p. p.) of Con.

Conning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Con.

Con (v. t.) To know; to understand; to acknowledge. [Obs.]

Of muses, Hobbinol, I con no skill. -- Spenser.

They say they con to heaven the highway. -- Spenser.

Con (v. t.) To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously.

Fixedly did look Upon the muddy waters which he conned As if he had been reading in a book. -- Wordsworth.

I did not come into Parliament to con my lesson. -- Burke.

To con answer, To be able to answer. [Obs.]

To con thanks, To thank; to acknowledge obligation. [Obs.] -- Shak.

Con (v. t.) (Naut.) To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.

Conacre (v. t.) To underlet a portion of, for a single crop; -- said of a farm. [Ireland]

Conacre (n.) <愛爾蘭> (佃戶的) 小塊土地出租(為期一熟) A system of letting a portion of a farm for a single crop. [Ireland] Also used adjectively; as, the conacre system or principle. -- Mozley & W.

Compare: Pineal

Pineal (a.) 松毬狀的;【解】松果腺的 Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone.

Pineal gland (Anat.), 【解】松果體 A glandlike body in the roof of the third ventricle of the vertebrate brain; -- called also pineal body, epiphysis, conarium. In some animals it is connected with a rudimentary eye, the so-called pineal eye, and in other animals it is supposed to be the remnant of a dorsal median eye.

Conarium (n.) 松果體 The pineal gland.

Conation (n.) (Philos.) 【心】動能;意動;意圖 The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical.

Of conation, in other words, of desire and will. -- J. S. Mill.

Conative (a.) 努力企求的;意欲的 Of or pertaining to conation.

This division of mind into the three great classes of the cognitive faculties, the feelings, . . . and the exertive or conative powers, . . . was first promulgated by Kant. -- Sir W. Hamilton.

Conatus (n.) [] 自然傾向;天然發生力 A natural tendency inherent in a body to develop itself; an attempt; an effort.

What conatus could give prickles to the porcupine or hedgehog, or to the sheep its fleece? -- Paley.

Compare: Inherent

Inherent (a.) 固有的;內在的;與生俱來的Existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute.

Any form of mountaineering has its inherent dangers.

Inherent (a.) (Law)  Vested in someone as a right or privilege.

The president's inherent foreign affairs power.

Concamerate (v. t.) To arch over; to vault.

Of the upper beak an inch and a half consisteth of one concamerated bone. -- Grew.

Concamerate (v. t.) To divide into chambers or cells. -- Woodward.

Concameration (n.) An arch or vault.

Concameration (n.) A chamber of a multilocular shell. -- Glanvill.

Concatenated (imp. & p. p.) of Concatenate.

Concatenating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Concatenate.

Concatenate (v. t.) To link together; to unite in a series or chain, as things depending on one another.

Concatenation (n.) 連鎖;連續 A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.

Concause (n.) A joint cause.

Concavation (n.) The act of making concave.

Concave (a.) 凹的,凹面的 Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky.

Concave (a.) Hollow; void of contents. [R.]

As concave . . . as a worm-eaten nut. -- Shak.

Concave (n.) A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess.

Up to the fiery concave towering hight. -- Milton.

Concave (n.) (Mech.) A curved sheath or breasting for a revolving cylinder or roll.

Concave (a.) Curving inward [ant: bulging, convex].

Concaved (imp. & p. p.) of Concave.

Concaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Concave.

Concave (v. t.) 使成凹形 To make hollow or concave.

Concaved (a.) Bowed in the form of an arch; -- called also arched.

Concaveness (n.) Hollowness; concavity.

Concavities (n. pl. ) of Concavity.

Concavity (n.) 凹;凹面 A concave surface, or the space bounded by it; the state of being concave.

Concavity (n.) A shape that curves or bends inward [syn: concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature]

Concavity (n.) The property possessed by a concave shape [syn: concavity, concaveness].

Concavo-concave (a.) Concave or hollow on both sides; double concave.

Concavo-convex (a.) Concave on one side and convex on the other, as an eggshell or a crescent.

Concavo-convex (a.) Specifically, having such a combination of concave and convex sides as makes the focal axis the shortest line between them. See Illust. under Lens.

Concavous (a.) Concave.

Concealed (imp. & p. p.) of Conceal.

Concealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conceal.

Conceal (v. t.) 隱瞞,隱匿,隱蔽,隱藏 To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of.

Conceal (v. t.) Prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money" [syn: {hide}, {conceal}] [ant: {show}]

Conceal (v. t.) Hold back; keep from being perceived by others; "She conceals her anger well" [syn: {conceal}, {hold back}, {hold in}]

Concealable (a.) Capable of being concealed.

Concealed (a.) Hidden; kept from sight; secreted.

Concealer (n.) One who conceals.

Concealment (n.) 隱匿,隱蔽,躲藏 The act of concealing; the state of being concealed.

Concealment (n.) A place of hiding; a secret place; a retreat frem observation.

Concealment (n.) A secret; out of the way knowledge.

Concealment (n.) Suppression of such facts and circumstances as in justice ought to be made known.

Concealment (n.) The condition of being concealed or hidden [syn: {privacy}, {privateness}, {secrecy}, {concealment}]

Concealment (n.) A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "a screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness"; "the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background" [syn: {screen}, {cover}, {covert}, {concealment}].

Concealment (n.) The activity of keeping something secret [syn: {concealment}, {concealing}, {hiding}].

Conceded (imp. & p. p.) of Concede.

Conceding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Concede.

Concede (v. t.) (勉強)承認 [+that];讓給,給予;容許 [O1] [+to] To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question.

Concede (v. t.) To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.

Concede (v. t.) To admit to be true; to acknowledge.

We concede that their citizens were those who lived under different forms. -- Burke.

Syn: To grant; allow; admit; yield; surrender.

Concede (v. i.) 讓步;承認失敗 To yield or make concession.

I wished you to concede to America, at a time when she prayed concession at our feet. -- Burke.

Concede (v.) Admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money" [syn: concede, profess, confess].

Concede (v.) Be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" [syn: concede, yield, grant].

Concede (v.) Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another [syn: concede, yield, cede, grant].

Concede (v.) Acknowledge defeat; "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose."

Conceit (n.) 自滿,自大,自負 [U];幻想,奇想;(詩中)誇張的比喻 [C] That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception.

In laughing, there ever procedeth a conceit of somewhat ridiculous. -- Bacon.

A man wise in his own conceit. -- Prov. xxvi. 12.

Conceit (n.) Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit. [Obs.]

How often, alas! did her eyes say unto me that they loved! and yet I, not looking for such a matter, had not my conceit open to understand them. -- Sir P. Sidney.

Conceit (n.) Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.

His wit's as thick as Tewksbury mustard; there's more conceit in him than is in a mallet. -- Shak.

Conceit (n.) A fanciful, odd, or extravagant notion; a quant fancy; an unnatural or affected conception; a witty thought or turn of expression; a fanciful device; a whim; a quip.

On his way to the gibbet, a freak took him in the head to go off with a conceit. -- L'Estrange.

Some to conceit alone their works confine, And glittering thoughts struck out at every line. -- Pope.

Tasso is full of conceits . . . which are not only below the dignity of heroic verse but contrary to its nature. -- Dryden.

Conceit (n.) An overweening idea of one's self; vanity.

Plumed with conceit he calls aloud. -- Cotton.

Conceit (n.) Design; pattern. [Obs.] -- Shak.

In conceit with, in accord with; agreeing or conforming.

Out of conceit with, not having a favorable opinion of; not pleased with; as, a man is out of conceit with his dress.

To put [one] out of conceit with, to make one indifferent to a thing, or in a degree displeased with it.

Conceit (v. t.) To conceive; to imagine. [Archaic]

The strong, by conceiting themselves weak, are therebly rendered as inactive . . . as if they really were so. -- South.

One of two bad ways you must conceit me, Either a coward or a flatterer. -- Shak.

Conceit (v. i.) To form an idea; to think. [Obs.]

Those whose . . . vulgar apprehensions conceit but low of matrimonial purposes. -- Milton.

Conceit (n.) Feelings of excessive pride [syn: amour propre, conceit, self-love, vanity].

Conceit (n.) An elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things.

Conceit (n.) A witty or ingenious turn of phrase; "he could always come up with some inspired off-the-wall conceit."

Conceit (n.) An artistic device or effect; "the architect's brilliant conceit was to build the house around the tree."

Conceit (n.) The trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride [syn: conceit, conceitedness, vanity] [ant: humbleness, humility].

Conceited (a.) 自負的,驕傲自滿的,自誇的;【口】幻想的,想入非非的 Endowed with fancy or imagination. [Obs.]

He was . . . pleasantly conceited, and sharp of wit. -- Knolles.

Conceited (a.) Entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain.

If you think me too conceited Or to passion quickly heated. -- Swift.

Conceited of their own wit, science, and politeness. -- Bentley.

Conceited (a.) Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful. [Obs.]

A conceited chair to sleep in. -- Evelyn.

Syn: Vain; proud; opinionated; egotistical.

Conceited (a.) Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes" [syn: conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain].

Conceitedly (adv.) In an egotistical manner.

Conceitedly (adv.) Fancifully; whimsically.

Conceitedly (adv.) With conceit; in a conceited manner; "he always acts so conceitedly!" [syn: conceitedly, self-conceitedly].

Conceitedness (n.) The state of being conceited; conceit; vanity. -- Addison.

Conceitless (a.) Without wit; stupid. [Obs.]

Think'st thou I am so shallow, so conceitless.

To be seduced by thy flattery? -- Shak.

Conceivable (a.) 可想到的,可想像的;可理解的;可相信的 Capable of being conceived, imagined, or understood. "Any conceivable weight." -- Bp. Wilkins.

It is not conceivable that it should be indeed that very person whose shape and voice it assumed. -- Atterbury. -- Con*ceiv"a*ble*ness, n. -- Con*ceiv"a*bly, adv.

Conceivable (a.) Capable of being imagined; "that is one possible answer" [syn: conceivable, imaginable].

Conceive (v. i.) [W] 構想,設想 [+of];懷孕 To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant.

A virgin shall conceive, and bear a son. -- Isa. vii. 14.

Conceive (v. i.) To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of.

Conceive of things clearly and distinctly in their own natures. -- I. Watts.

Conceived (imp. & p. p.) of Conceive.

Conceiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conceive.

Conceive (v. t.) 構想出,想像,設想 [+wh-];懷(胎);抱有(想法,感情等) To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of.

She hath also conceived a son in her old age. -- Luke i. 36.

Conceive (v. t.) To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope.

It was among the ruins of the Capitol that I first conceived the idea of a work which has amused and exercised near twenty years of my life. -- Gibbon.

Conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. -- Is. lix. 13.

Conceive (v. t.) To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand. "I conceive you." -- Hawthorne.

O horror, horror, horror! Tongue nor heart Cannot conceive nor name thee! -- Shak.

You will hardly conceive him to have been bred in the same climate. -- Swift.

Syn: To apprehend; imagine; suppose; understand; comprehend; believe; think.

Conceive (v.) Have the idea for; "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived" [syn: {gestate}, {conceive}, {conceptualize}, {conceptualise}].

Conceive (v.) Judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior" [syn: {think}, {believe}, {consider}, {conceive}].

Conceive (v.) Become pregnant; undergo conception; "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day".

Conceiver (n.) 構想者 One who conceives.

Conceiver (n.) Someone who creates new things [syn: {originator}, {conceiver}, {mastermind}].

Concelebrate (v. t.) To celebrate together. [Obs.] -- Holland.

Concent (n.) Concert of voices; concord of sounds; harmony; as, a concent of notes. [Archaic.] -- Bacon.

That undisturbed song of pure concent. -- Milton.

Concent (n.) Consistency; accordance. [Obs.]

In concent to his own principles. -- Atterbury. Concenter

Concenter (v. t.) Alt. of Concentre.

Concentre (v. t.) To draw or direct to a common center; to bring together at a focus or point, as two or more lines; to concentrate.

In thee concentering all their precious beams. -- Milton.

All is concentered in a life intense. -- Byren.

Concentered (imp. & p. p.) of Concentre.

Concentred () Alt. of Concentre.

Concentering (p. pr & vb. n.) of Concentre.

Concentring () Alt. of Concentre.

Concenter (v. i.) Alt. of Concentre.

Concentre (v. i.) (使)聚集於一點;(使)集中 To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center.

God, in whom all perfections concenter. -- Bp. Beveridge. Concenter

Concenter (v.) Bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions [syn: concenter, concentre, focalize, focalise, focus].

Concentrated (imp. & p. p.) of Concentrate.

Concentrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Concentrate.

Concentrate (v. t.) 集中;聚集,集結 [O] [+on/ upon]; 濃縮 To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention.

(He) concentrated whole force at his own camp. -- Motley.

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