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Consignify

To signify or denote in combination with something else.

Consignor

One who consigns something to another; -- opposed to consignee.

Consilience

Act of concurring; coincidence; concurrence.

Consist

To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained.

Consistency Consistence

The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity.

Consistent

Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid.

Consistorian

Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy.

Consistory

Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a consistory.

Consociate

To be allied, confederated, or associated; to coalescence.

Consociation

Intimate union; fellowship; alliance; companionship; confederation; association; intimacy.

Consol

A consolidated annuity (see Consols); -- chiefly in combination or attributively.

Consolation

The act of consoling; the state of being consoled; allevation of misery or distress of mind; refreshment of spirit; comfort; that which consoles or comforts the spirit.

Consolatory

That which consoles; a speech or writing intended for consolation.

Console

A bracket whose projection is not more than half its height. Any small bracket; also, a console table.

Consolidant

Serving to unite or consolidate; having the quality of consolidating or making firm.

Consolidate

To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; as, moist clay consolidates by drying.

Consolidated

Made solid, hard, or compact; united; joined; solidified.

Consolidation

The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination.

Consoling

Adapted to console or comfort; cheering; as, this is consoling news.

Consols

The leading British funded government security.

Consomme

A clear soup or bouillion boiled down so as to be very rich.

Consonancy Consonance

Accord or agreement of sounds produced simultaneously, as a note with its third, fifth, and eighth.

Consonant

An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of the spoken alphabet other than a vowel; also, a letter or character representing such a sound.

Consonantal

Of the nature of a consonant; pertaining to consonants.

Consonantly

In a consonant, consistent, or congruous manner; agreeably.

Consonantness

The quality or condition of being consonant, agreeable, or consistent.

Consopite

To lull to sleep; to quiet; to compose.

Consort

To unite or join, as in affection, harmony, company, marriage, etc.; to associate.

Consortship

The condition of a consort; fellowship; partnership.

Consound

A name applied loosely to several plants of different genera, esp. the comfrey.

Conspectus

A general sketch or outline of a subject; a synopsis; an epitome.

Conspicuity

The state or quality of being clear or bright; brightness; conspicuousness.

Conspicuous

Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen; plainly visible; manifest; attracting the eye.

Conspiracy

A combination of people for an evil purpose; an agreement, between two or more persons, to commit a crime in concert, as treason; a plot.

Conspirant

Engaging in a plot to commit a crime; conspiring.

Conspiration

Agreement or concurrence for some end or purpose; conspiracy.

conspiratorial

relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspirators; as, a conspiratorial whisper.

Conspire

To plot; to plan; to combine for.

Constable

A high officer in the monarchical establishments of the Middle Ages.

Constablewick

The district to which a constable's power is limited.

Constabulary

The collective body of constables in any town, district, or country.

Constancy

The state or quality of being constant or steadfast; freedom from change; stability; fixedness; immutability; as, the constancy of God in his nature and attributes.

Constant

That which is not subject to change; that which is invariable.

constantan

a copper-nickel alloy composed of approximately 55 per cent copper and 45 per cent nickel, with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; it is used as resistance wire and in thermocouples.

Constantia

A superior wine, white and red, from Constantia, in South Africa.

Constantinople

the former capital of the Eastern Roman Empire; it was built on the site of ancient Byzantium, and the name was changed to Istanbul by the Turks.

Constantly

With constancy; steadily; continually; perseveringly; without cessation; uniformly.

Constat

A certificate showing what appears upon record touching a matter in question.

Constate

To ascertain; to verify; to establish; to prove.

Constellate

To unite in one luster or radiance, as stars.

Constellation

A cluster or group of fixed stars, or division of the heavens, designated in most cases by the name of some animal, or of some mythologial personage, within whose imaginary outline, as traced upon the heavens, the group is included.

consternate

to cause to be confused; confuse emotionally; to dismay.

Consternation

Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.

Constipate

To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense.

constipated

having difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels; costive.

Constipation

Act of crowding anything into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.

Constituency

A body of constituents, as the body of citizens or voters in a representative district.

Constituent

The person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.

Constitution

The act or process of constituting; the action of enacting, establishing, or appointing; enactment; establishment; formation.

Constitutional

A walk or other exercise taken for one's health or constitution.

Constitutionalism

The theory, principles, or authority of constitutional government; attachment or adherence to a constitution or constitutional government.

Constitutionalist

One who advocates a constitutional form of government; a constitutionalist.

Constitutionality

The quality or state of being constitutional, or inherent in the natural frame.

Constitutionally

In accordance with the constitution or natural disposition of the mind or body; naturally; as, he was constitutionally timid.

Constitutive

Tending or assisting to constitute or compose; elemental; essential.

Constrain

To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.

Constrainable

Capable of being constrained; liable to constraint, or to restraint.

Constrained

Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed; as, a constrained manner; a constrained tone.

Constrainedly

By constraint or compulsion; in a constrained manner.

Constraint

The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity.

Constrict

To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.

Constriction

The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression.

Constrictor

That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.

Constringe

To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink.

Constringent

Having the quality of contracting, binding, or compressing.

Construct

Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or inference.

Constructer

One who, or that which, constructs or frames.

Construction

The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

Constructional

Pertaining to, or deduced from, construction or interpretation.

Constructionist

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

Having ability to construct or form; employed in construction; as, to exhibit constructive power.

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