CONACRE, kon'[=a]-k[.e]r, _n._ the custom of letting land in Ireland in
small portions for a single crop, the rent paid in money or in labour--also
CORN'ACRE.--_v.t._ to sublet in conacre.--_n._ CON'ACREISM.
CONARIUM, k[=o]-n[=a]'ri-um, _n._ the pineal gland of the brain.--_adj._
CON[=A]'RIAL. [Gr. _k[=o]narion_.]
CONATUS, ko-n[=a]'tus, _n._ an effort: an impulse.--_n._ CON[=A]'TION, the
faculty of free agency, including desire and volition.--_adj._
CON[=A]'TIVE. [L. _con[=a]ri_, _-[=a]tus_, to endeavour.]
CONCATENATE, kon-kat'e-n[=a]t, _v.t._ to chain or link together: to connect
in a series.--_n._ CONCATEN[=A]'TION, a series of links united: a series of
things depending on each other. [L. _con_, together, and _catena_, a
chain.]
CONCAUSE, kon'kawz, _n._ a co-operating cause.
CONCAVE, kon'k[=a]v, _adj._ curved, vaulted, or arched, applied to the
inner side of any curved line or rounded body, and opposed to _convex_,
which is applied to the outside.--_n._ a hollow: an arch or vault.--_adv._
CON'CAVELY.--_n._ CONCAV'ITY, the quality of being concave: the inner
surface of a concave or hollow body.--_adjs._ CONC[=A]'VO-CON'CAVE, or
DOUB'LE-CON'CAVE, concave on both sides of a lens; CONC[=A]'VO-CON'VEX,
concave on one side, and convex on the other. [L. _concavus_, from _con_,
inten., and _cavus_, hollow. See CAVE.]
CONCEAL, kon-s[=e]l', _v.t._ to hide completely or carefully: to keep
secret; to disguise: to keep from telling.--_adjs._ CONCEAL'ABLE, that may
be concealed; CONCEALED', hidden.--_n._ CONCEAL'MENT, act of concealing:
secrecy: disguise: hiding-place: (_Shak._) a mystery. [O. Fr.
_conceler_--L. _concel[=a]re_, from _con_, inten., and _cel[=a]re_, to
hide.]
CONCEDE, kon-s[=e]d', _v.t._ to cede or give up: to quit: to surrender: to
admit: to grant.--_v.i._ to admit or grant.--_n._ CONCED'ER. [L.
_conced[)e]re_, _-cessum_--_con_, wholly and _ced[)e]re_, to yield.]
CONCEIT, kon-s[=e]t', _n._ over-estimate of one's self: too favourable
opinion of one's own good qualities: a pleasant, fantastical, or affected
notion: wit: (_Spens._) idea: (_Shak._) understanding: estimate.--_v.t._ to
conceive: to think.--_adj._ CONCEIT'ED, clever, witty, fantastical (_obs.
uses_): having a high opinion of one's self: egotistical.--_adv._
CONCEIT'EDLY.--_n._ CONCEIT'EDNESS.--_adj._ CONCEIT'LESS (_Shak._), without
conceit, stupid.--OUT OF CONCEIT WITH, no longer fond of. [Through a Fr.
form _conceit_, from L. _conceptus_, pa.p. of _concip[)e]re_.]
CONCEIVE, kon-s[=e]v', _v.t._ to receive into and form in the womb: to form
in the mind: to imagine or think: to understand: to express.--_v.i._ to
become pregnant: to think.--_ns._ CONCEIVABIL'ITY,
CONCEIV'ABLENESS.--_adj._ CONCEIV'ABLE, that may be conceived, understood,
or believed.--_adv._ CONCEIV'ABLY.--_adj._ CONCEIVED', imagined, thought.
[O. Fr. _concever_--L. _concip[)e]re_, _conceptum_, from _con_, and
_cap[)e]re_, to take.]
CONCENT, kon-sent', _n._ a harmony or concord of sounds: concert of
voices.--_v.i._ (_Spens._) to harmonise. [L. _concentus_, pa.p. of
_concin[)e]re_--_con_, together, _can[)e]re_, to sing.]
CONCENTRATE, kon'sen-tr[=a]t, or kon-sen'-, _v.t._ to bring towards a
common centre: to bring into a closer union: to condense, to render more
intense the properties of.--_adj._ CONCEN'TRATED (also CON'-).--_n._
CONCENTR[=A]'TION, act of concentrating: condensation: the keeping of the
mind fixed on something.--_adj._ CONCEN'TRATIVE, tending to
concentrate.--_n._ CONCEN'TRATIVENESS. [A lengthened form of CONCENTRE.]
CONCENTRE, kon-sent'[.e]r, _v.i._ to tend to or meet in a common centre: to
be concentric.--_v.t._ to bring or direct to a common centre or
point:--_pr.p._ concent'ring; _pa.p._ concent'red or concent'ered.--_adjs._
CONCEN'TRIC, -AL, having a common centre.--_adv._ CONCEN'TRICALLY.--_n._
CONCENTRIC'ITY. [Fr. _concentrer_--L. _con_, with, _centrum_, the centre.]
CONCEPT, kon'sept, _n._ a thing conceived, a general notion.--_ns._
CONCEP'TACLE, that in which anything is contained, a receptacle: (_bot._) a
pericarp of one valve, a follicle: a cavity enclosing the reproductive
cells in certain plants and animals; CONCEP'TION, the act of conceiving:
the thing conceived; the formation in the mind of an image or idea: a
notion: (_Shak._) a mere fancy: a plan: a concept; CONCEP'TIONIST.--_adjs._
CONCEP'TIOUS (_Shak._), fruitful; CONCEPT'IVE, capable of conceiving
mentally; CONCEP'TUAL, pertaining to conception.--_ns._ CONSEP'TUALISM, the
doctrine in philosophy that universals have an existence in the mind apart
from any concrete embodiment; CONCEP'TUALIST, one who holds this
doctrine.--_adj._ CONCEPTUALIS'TIC. [L. _concip[)e]re_, _-ceptum_, to
conceive.]
CONCERN, kon-sern', _v.t._ to relate or belong to: to affect or interest:
to make uneasy: to trouble: to have to do with: to be affected.--_n._ that
which concerns or belongs to one: interest: regard: anxiety: a business, or
those connected with it.--_adj._ CONCERNED', having connection with:
interested: anxious.--_adv._ CONCERN'EDLY.--_n._ CONCERN'EDNESS.--_prep._
CONCERN'ING, regarding: pertaining to.--_n._ CONCERN'MENT, a thing in which
one is concerned: an affair: importance: interest: interference. [Fr.,--L.
_concern[)e]re_, _con_, together, _cern[)e]re_, to see.]
CONCERT, kon's[.e]rt, _n._ union or agreement in any undertaking: harmony:
musical harmony: a musical entertainment.--_v.t._ CONCERT', to frame or
devise together: to arrange, adjust.--_p.adj._ CONCERT'ED, mutually
planned: arranged.--_ns._ CONCERTINA (kon-ser-t[=e]'na), a musical
instrument consisting of a pair of bellows, usually polygonal, the sounds
produced by free vibrating reeds of metal, as in the accordion; CONCER'TO,
a musical composition for a solo instrument, with orchestral
accompaniments.--CONCERT PITCH (_mus._), the pitch at which instruments for
concert use are tuned. [Fr. _concerter_--It. _concert[=a]re_, to sing in
concert.]
CONCESSION, kon-sesh'un, _n._ the act of conceding: the thing conceded: a
grant.--_adj._ CONCES'SIBLE.--_n._ CONCESSIONAIRE', one who has obtained a
concession.--_adj._ CONCES'SIONARY.--_n._ CONCES'SIONIST.--_adj._
CONCES'SIVE, implying concession. [CONCEDE.]
CONCETTO, kon-chet'to, _n._ an ingenious turn of expression: a
conceit:--_pl._ CONCET'TI.--_n._ CONCET'TISM, the use of concetti.
[It.,--L. _conceptum_, conceit.]
CONCH, kongk, _n._ a marine shell: a spiral shell used by the Tritons as a
trumpet, and still used by some African peoples in war: a name for the
native whites of the Bahamas, owing to their use of conchs as food:
(_archit._) the semidome of an apse; the apse itself.--_n._ CONCHIF'ERA, a
term applied by Lamarck to bivalve molluscs and to very different
Brachiopods.--_adjs._ CONCHIF'EROUS, having a shell; CONCH'IFORM,
conch-shaped.--_n._ CONCH'OID, a plane curve invented to solve the problem
of trisecting a plane angle, doubling the cube, &c.--_adjs._ CONCHOID'AL,
pertaining to a conchoid: shell-like, applied to the fracture of a mineral;
CONCHOLOG'ICAL, pertaining to conchology.--_ns._ CONCHOL'OGIST;
CONCHOL'OGY, that branch of natural history which deals with the shells of
molluscs. [L. _concha_--Gr. _kongch[=e]_; Sans. _cankha_, a shell; conn.
with COCKLE.]
CONCHA, kong'ka, _n._ the central cavity of the outer ear: the outer ear:
(_archit._) conch. [L. _concha_.]