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 469 conception
con" to have{even his enemies~ him courage) ~ vil tomake con­ more at CENTER] vt 1: to bring or direct toward a common,
order of things depending on each center ot objective 5 FOCUS {concentrating all their efforts on
• CHAIN <a complicated ~ of CIR- cession :YIELD sys see GRANT
C
con-e©d»ed-iy ad* : INDISPUTABLY, ADMITTEDLY <~ honest ex­ reaching shore) I gather into one body, mass, or force (there
pressions of opinion — Time} (probably not more than oneout are tiroes when power must be concentrated in a few .able
- ' ), kan-, -ato,na-,-at°n,a-,
of ten and ~ not more than one out of four ,. - are actually hands) 2 ; to render less dilute or diffuse: 4 (i) 5 to remove
•,.•••••' U'MT. i ICS water from (in making maple syrup one ~s the sap by boiling)
;% .•//?; : operating as a concause rented —Charles Abrams) ,#t „h„ . . ^ <2):to separate dross from (repeated concentrating of toe ore
- * concausa, fr. L com- + causa icon-ceit Xkan'sct, usu. -ed-+V\ n -s [ME conceite, fr. con-
• •-•••'•' of several causes acting together ceiven toconceive, after such pairs as ME deceivcn to. deceive: is necessary) (3) : to freefrom impurities (copper may be con­
deceits deceitl lad): something that results from mental centrated eiectrolyticaily) b : to express toe «sence of (the
wsmm^ f>>-H sometimes -ao«-\ n -s [MP. fr.
• ithin a mass or in a surface activity-: THOUGHT.CONCEPT, CONCEPTION,tBE*J2) qbsj men­ message of the blew Testament is concentrated in toe Sermon
on toe Mount) : render more, condensed (the essence of her
WMfe tne
- • . ' ; • •. a ~ fashioned by his tal activity : thinking or the capacity to think (3) :individual sex was concentrated in her charming obstinacy) "~vi 1 5 to
curved -v • : a depression re- or personal opinion : JUDGMENT, VIEW to : high estimation
draw toward or meet to a common center 2 : to settle closely
J!.;,.i„,„.(,(agun 2 a : the inner face
; favorable opinion : ESTEEM, ADMIRATION; esp ; excessive ap­
..,' t» . •>!••<<•• vault of the sky 3 obs preciation of one's own worth or virtue 2 [trans, of .It con­ ; GATHER, COLLECT(recent immigrants tend to ~ m port cities)
- — - ' more at CONCETTO! a : a whimsical or fancifully ia- (social and racial tensions to - industrialcenters) 3 4 t to
A. > i «ct of bars bearing teeth, bring all one's powers, faculties, or activities to bear (as upon
: ! '.,.,,-!iv around a rotating thresh­ ScmsTitea ~Vi' an'eteborate, startling, extmvagast, or
strained metaphor c J the use or the presence of such concerts a course of action, a thought, or an object) (~oa a problem)
' or seeds in a thresher
v.. fr i_ ,":>nr;iv<.iM fr. com- 4 cavus as an element of poetry 3! a fancy article :attractive tnEe, (fanners are concentrating on wheat this year) (to be able, to
' ' u.tr ii»r *- ese :an ingeoious-decorative Item <witi» -new techniques of-de- ~ on the same matter, for a considerable time is essential to
. i z: , • • ! or rounded silainR artificial flowers- -. -. -some of the resuteag -~s are . difficult achievement —Bertrand Russell) b : MAJOR 5yB see
BHhi^ifJ' , s ,..i Vi"" h:i vM i;.' a shape that quite fetching —New Yorker} 4 arekaiej capacity for lougi- UNIFY -.. - - „ -„ ,
.. to convex nation or fancifuiness ; active fancy ^ obs 5 a seizure t>i ^concentrate \"\ ad) [com- + L ce«irum + E *ate (adj. suf­
physical or mental illness ..- fix)] ; CONCENTRATED . - " : .•
•Bp§i»..'e"^g of i orvt
. . " • ., • ts» • > • • .. curve or sur- gyjj SELF-LOVE, EGOTISM, EGOISM,SELF-ESTEEM, AMOUR PROP RET 3concentrate V \ n -s i something obtained by concentration
neigh• ' . • !..>'. •" i-". two neigh CONCEIT indicates a conviction or assumption of one s own : a concentration or concentrated substance: as a : the re­
mainder of dressed oretbat contains the mineral sought, ft l a
scu to convex -superiority in one or more lines of achievement-or.a general
• B P W IS
h ® ^ cur <u surface;
U093 n -IS
«m.i overall highly favorable notion of oneself usu. accompanied by feedstuff rich in digestible nutrients to comparison to its bulk
lack of evaluation and irritating offenstveness- iconcetf* being.a (as grains, oil meals, or tankage) — opposed , to roughage
v vi • to make concave ^ vt : to c * a food reduced k bulk by elimtoation of watery fluid
false estimate of one's abilities or an overestimate of-those that
• i grating ruled on a concave are toast important, is bath, a moral an# an intellectual fa>ta« , (orange jtiice ^ ~ -" - .,
—C.W.H.Johnson) <An»totle's "foetics" was so hard ttat • concentrated ad) 1: rich m respect to a particular or essential
;0,.,_ .raUW ' : '' -element : STRONG, UNDILUTED (^ sulfuric acid) (a- narrow
i with one angle larger than a nobody could understand It and therefore he was feaflut lest.
thread of •—-ore seaming the rocky cany cm) 2: INTENSE (her
MjBMpfl?*'-'? 1
s : one that shapes or forms ft
he should be thought guilty of presumption and concert m try-
mg to explain it at all —Irving Babbitt) SELF-LOVE in non- • ~ passion held them at bay) : INTENSIVE (only through ^
study can he hope to qualify for the award) —.c&B*CCB*tiat-
plulosophic usages may suggest abnormal concentration on
one-&Own wishes and considerations to the exclusion of others ed*ly a d v- - - - - - - -
....•• --'/ -.es ken-\ n -ES [Mf concentrated alum « 5- ALUMINUM SULFATE, - . ..
'•c"\-i!<tv, fr. I. cortcavus -h -itat- (when 1 am'led by self-lave to keep my seat whilst ladies stand
., • or the space inc . .. • —James Ford) <but the proper meaning of self-love is regard to concentrated feed n x any.animal feed rich in concentratesand
BBMlMB<t***>gifeve self ia distinction from others or regard to some private in­ low in roughage - - - - -" . -
,•„• iLMni-nhure h : a depres-
PLa' 1 i ; the guaiity or terest —G.P.Fisher) - EGOTISM may indicate a tendency to-at­ concentrated milk n: milk concentrated by removalof water,
tract attention to "and center interest on oneself and one s esp : PLAIN CONDENSED MILK " .U - - '"
achievements fshe had the simplest egotism, the most open de­ concentrate sprayer n i a power sprayer used to apply a
[rcncavo- (fr highly concentrated pesticide in highly dispersed form usu. by
i . used esp sire to be thought first always—-Virginia Woolf) {egotism-re­
sides more m a kind of prood isolation, in a species oi-con­ : deliveringit into astrong air blast generated byfans or blowers
— called -also fow gallon-age sprayer, mist concentrate sprayer,
>i cava- + convex] tempt for the opinions and alms of others -—A.C.Benson) speed sprayer- . - -.. -\ . - ";
coii-'ca-vo-convex V- •_ 1
:t>IUC < other 2 oj a lens EGOISM implies a self-centered concentration on one s own de­ con-cen-tra-tlon X^anftlsan-trSshon also -Un,sen-\ n -S
c than the convex sires and aspirations to the exclusion of interest in others Gt s
tno cone.!' •- *• - " not so much selfishness as a sort of—is egoism the word..When -[com- 4- h centrum + E -atbn] 1; the act or action of con­
centrating* as. a: the bringing to a common center; espx the
i|\ Vt -ED/-INO/-S she wants" to do a thing, she doesn't take into account the -assembling of troops to an area often as a prelude to military
conceal \kanVi. •: •% ••; •cuire. fr. com- + wants of others at all —B.A.Wiiliams) <the essence of a selU
reSiant and -autonomous culture is an unshakable egoism. It action b : a directing of the attention or Of the mental facul­
•"al ' i l l
c'
VC • *:I 1 :-V or ties toward a single-object G :an increasing of strength (as of
in troin revealing • mast not only regard itself as the peer of any other .culture; it i a solute or a gas in a mixture) or.a purifying (as of ammerai m
lira I !rf.':.t! so HS to must reeard itself as the superior of any other—HX.Mencken) i
ge or SELF-ESTEEM may indicate either, natural well-based commend­ ore) by partial or total removal of diluents, solvents, admixed
i • "i • : to
• : w frv»s- able pride in self or more.shaky and somewhat vain attempts gases, extraneous material, or. waste (as. by evaporatioiL dif­
fusion, or selective flotation.) d !the centering of a .student s
shield ouco <it grow so at .self-pride and self-adjustment <1 do some things very, well; -program of study in one'department or field-of learning, m
> but-my self-esteem is crushed by the multitude of -things at
l^^^^p^l^feil^'-ffe--irotif - I ^v.f • CON- which I am a hopeless duffer —G.B.Shaw) <Hollywood prop­ -which Iw does work- of advanced grade — compare.DISTRUSU-
. SECRET TJON lc 2 : a result of concentrating I a concentrated mass
\J\ ii ••• o's. CON- - piss up the self-esteem of celluloid royalty —Gladys is. or thing: as ft" pharmacy !a crude active principle of a vegeta­
•MWflw^^ibij6ed- f« r. c ii-t objects, Stem) AMOUR propre indicates a pride in oneself, often ble usu. in the form of a powder or .resin b : a group of artil­
commendable or pardonable but often delicate and susceptible
Is to being wounded <1 should doubt the judgment of anyone lery shells fired oo a particular area within a limited timec—
irs he) who told me that the people of Egypt have no amour propre or compare BARRAGE 3 of a solution, mixture, or dispersion Xibe
Be -that'there does not exist in Egypt today a legitimate feelmg ot relative content of .a component (as dissolved or dispersed roa-
ber -pride lor .the nation —-Manchester Guardian Weekly) {out teriai) that may be expressed in percentage by weight , or by
tima te amour propre is concerned in "believing the war m which we volume, in parts per million, or in grams per liter s STRENGTH
MMHwi^tfflor) fought a righteousone and the victory in which we participated 4 • DENSITY 1 6 : a card game for two or more players m
li as unsullied one —flew Republic) . ' which a pack of cards"is laid out card by card .face down and
ar ^conceit\"\ vb.-m/-mo/-n ¥t lobs % to form a conception of - at random, the skill of the game consisting of remembering the
of fur I APPREHEND, UNDERSTAND ^our great need of him you have position of such cards asare briefly turned op in play — called
. It o right well ~ed -Shak.) 2 now dial: IMAGINE SUPPOSE, .THINK also memory - .- " - : , , •' .
^^^^^^^^fr^ifleriron <1 did ~ a most delicious feast —George.Herbert) 3 ,= to fill concentration camp n X a camp wherepersons (as prisonersof
^^^^^^^®|fij!ness5 an with farcies 4 now dial Brit % to take a fancy to t LiKr 5: to war, political prisoners, refugees, or foreign-nationals) are
tt : hold a favorable opinion of (oneself} l esteem" <began :t0 ^ detained or confined and. sometimes subjected to. ..physical
jfeee-n ~ dro
himself already a poet —Robert Southey) ^ pi, now dtal,: to and mental abuse and indignity . - — - "
form an idea :THINK - - - , , concentration point n i z place at winch tess than carload
tried con-celt-ed ad) t'cmeelt + -efl 1 a obs (1) shipments on common carriers are assembled to- be forwarded
* endowed with intelligence or tma^nation-: CLEVER (2) 5 dis­ in carload lots - -- •' - % j- -
othe posed in opinion or attitude ; MINDED; esp X favorably dis­ con.cen*tra*tive \'kan(tisanttrad-iv also -Sn^en-\ ad} t serv­
by ing or tending t© concentrate:characterized.by concentration
posed or favorably minded — usu, used with to-or of p X in­
yself geniously: contrived or designed: as (I): having or exhibiting a con*cen*tra*tor \-ad-a(r)\ n -s : one that concentrates: as
literary style marked by conceits (2) ; consisting -of or. con­ a; an apparatus by which-something (as ao ore or atolutKm)
structed upon or. around a conceit (3)^ 5 containing conceits is concentrated; sometimes X an industrial plant specializing in
4 i entertaining an excessively or unjustifiably high opinion pf concentration (as-of ore) t> 5 a worker who tends concentrat­
^eciciive, ste i <shc (. ing apparatus 0 :a student who concentrates (m a particular
sust oneself—con.ceit.ed.ly ad*—con.ceitred-ness n-&
HiMusten' conceitiess adj, obs : lacking understanding or thought . fa-
icoii'Oon*tnc Xknn'scn-n ik. (')kSn!s-, -rek\ itito con-cen-trl-
,io 1 MORANT - * . •
|^%{secarit; eon-ceity \kon'sed*e, -s5d»e\ adjVconccit + -y31chiefly dial cal \-raksl -rSk-\ adj [ML concentricus, ft, L com- 4- centrum
X CONCEITED, VAIN 2 chiefly dial: hard to please .- center 4- -Icus -ic — more at CENTER] 1 ft 5 having a common
In:tbe ground
cos-ceiy-ahil'i-ty.XkaB.sevo'biiad'S, -ate, -i\ n -ES: the quality center (as circles one within another) — opposed to eccentric
U : having a common, axis (as of two or more cones or mo­
i bush ; or state of being conceivable raines) : formed about the same axis : COAXIAL 2 geol
1 ircy / - n: to her con-ceiv-able Xkan'sevsbal) adj 1 S capable of being con­ -: marked by the loosening and felling, away of successive
"Tt'.n ;, —Edith ceived, imagined, or understood 2 X logically, possible—COh-
CE^-ABLE-NESS a-ES. . , - .- , . rounded or spherical shells <~.weathering) esfohation) —
^'SCONCE y of con- con.ctm-tri.cal.iy X-rAk - le, -rtk-, -li\ adv .
liaised • oon.ceiv.abiy \-blc, -li\ adv i in a conceivable mamwr : PGS-
2cbncentric \u\ n -s : something (as one of two concentric
^oolj et. : - I!. ; J >, circles) that has a common center with something etse -
ilwbdy- i Bacon) , wS^ive \bti's?v\ vb -ED/-r.o.-s [ME conceive^ fr. OF
e \-o, ii- conceives, conceveir, St. Lconcipere to take, receive, conceive, COECeBtriC bundle n X a plant vascular bundle-in which (1)
proclaim, fr. com- 4- -cipere (fr. capers to seize, take) — more phloem surrounds xylem or (2) xylero surrounds phloem —
W$dkt fr/rms oj no
iadand < ' out :>:C\M at HEAVE] vr la of a mammal, esp. a human being (1) X to called also respectiv^y (I) amphicribral bundle, (2) amphivasal
become pregnant with-; be with (child or young) <2) : BE­ bundle . - - • ' "
concentric cable n : COAXIAL CABLE '
at. is not re­ GET (he conceived their child deliberately —Norman Mailer) concentric corpuscle n x amvLscvi OF HASSALL
. c or that is {D abs x to make pregnant: IMPREGNATE (4) : to be engen­
concentric groove n : the smgle continuous silent groove at
r a valuable dered in the womb — used passively (before he was conceived
—Lk 2:21 (AV)> b : to cause to. begin:originate or start the end of a disc recording, cut there to prevent, the pickup
/something thought of as capable of subsequentgrowth andde­ from traveling further toward the center of the record
ri • o c to i;-v- contents o* a package velopment) (Texas was conceived in debt and nourished on c<Hi-cen*trie*i*ty ykfituserr-'triscd-eX n -ES: thequality or state
.\ .•.!•. oiv: c" 2 : a -s - -1 rot depleted paper —R.A.Billingto.n> usu. used figurativ of-being concentric . - - . - -
STis not .•'• i ;. seed :- broken-T^ •• '-' l : 2 4: to take into one'smind ; be affected by (I have conceived concents nl .of CONCENT . • - • ,
!; • ••: .i. i between the seed r .-•••: i a profound prejudice against such methods) b : to form m con*cen*tus xksn'sent^, ban-\ n, pi C0Ettentas £L, harmony
the mind (as. a concept or idea) : evolve mentally (as a plan *— more at CONCENT] ; the part of a church service (as mat in
cTius Diplotiia which hymnsor psalms aresung) that issuog by the whole choir
ic. -15\ adv ; in a concealed man- or stratagem) -: form a conception of : IMAGINE, VISUAUZE,
IMAGE <a building badly conceived and carelessly-constructed) — contrasted with accentus.
.• • •': 11*11 a . (>.::.n-ic 'ii't apparent 3 a archaic. J to apprehend (something) by reason or imag­ con*cep*ci.6ii or con*cep*ci«on . \kan;sepse,oo, (,)kan-,
ination to : COMPREHEND" the man) : -UNDERSTAND, GRASP -elan, -SJdh, kan'sepshan\ adj, usu cap [fr. Concepcion, Chile J
X of or from the city of Concepcion, Chile ; of the kind or style
;.-i((,0n-\rt-ES: the quality or state 4 5 to be of the opinion :THINK, SUPPOSE (we cannot ~ that prevalent in Concepcion -. , T „
this course is expedient- now) S archaic- X to give forth : EX-
HKta:n weapon so t 1 on the { ffigrr, PRODUCE 6.: to give expression to : COUCH, FRAME, con.cept tion,
VkHn,sepf\ n *s [LL conceptus thought, fr. L, collec­
gathering, fetus, fr. conceptus, past part, of concipere to
•Wiifefrw •lly co:;o .J i from sight t PHRASE ~ vi 1: to become pregnant 2 : to nave a concep-
tiou, idea,or opinion: THINK—usu. used with of syn see THINK conceive — more at CONCEIVE] X something conceived in the
ii! con-celebrant \kaa, C>k3n +\n-s£L concelebrant-, concele- mind : THOUGHT, EDEA, NOTION; as ft philos : a general or
- . one that. abstract idea X a universal notion: (1> ; the resultant of a
n -s [ME r - -si.fr Ml.f-. brans, pres. part, of concelebrarel x one of two or more mem­ generalizing mental operation ; a generic mental image ab­
of concealing : tlie bers of the clergy celebrating the Eucharist or Mass together
stracted from percepts; also X a directly mtutted object of
iii not be served by con.celebrate \"T\ vb -ED/-ING/-S IT concelebratus, past thought (2) : a theoretical construct (the ~ of the atom)
!IK: state —Detroit part, of concelebrare to celebrate in great numbers, fr. com- + b logic (1): ah idea comprehending theessential attributes of a
IC! O! C 'c;s I nii: what ought celcbrare to celebrate — more at -CELEBRATE] vr : rp celebrate
(as Mass) together ~ vi X to celebrate the Eucharist or Mass class or logical species • a universal term or expression or its
/ <Ilifi s n v t;;id the charnc- meaning (2).; a propositional. function, logical relation, or
--George Bun­ property C : an idea that Includes all that is characteristically
; secret inf(K-ni;.iiion con.celebraabH"\n)kan, kan FX n -s : a celebration of the associated with or suggested by a term ; CONCEPTION sya see
: a hilling :Ti! Eucharist or Mass m which two or more of the clergy unite m
for - • •• saying the words of the liturgy
in: a message in con*cent Xkau'sentX n -s [L concentus harmony, fr. past part, con-cep-ta-cle \k©R*sept&kal\ n -s[F, fr.L conceptaculwn, fr.
of concinere to sing together, fr. com- + -citscre (fr. canere to conceptus, past part, of concipereto receive, conceive] lobs
-1NG/-S ' » or T • F concedcr, fr. L — more at CHANT] 1 archaic X a state of accordance ; a hollow yessel: RECEPTACLE 2 bat* obs :FOTJLICLE b^an
: CONSISTENCY 2 archaic x concert of voices : concord of enclosing cavity jutt beneath the surface of the plant body
c to go MH give way, yield — that contains reproductive structures m members of the genus
.<% • pri ' • : ALLOW, sounds - - Fucus and certain other algae — COn*COP*taC«S*Iar \,kSnsep-
OTIC ind .of the CON*CEN.TER \kan, OkSn-FX vb -ED/-ING/-S [MF concentrer, «tah..yyios'r)\ adj -
incr wages now , ;n is will­ fr, com- + centre center — more at CENTER] vt : to draw or . .u.luin X.lcan.scp'takynlmiA n, pi conceptftcu-la
sister) 2 : *!>v;i ^ 5i direct to a common center : brtog togetoer at a focus or pomi
(as lines, ideas, or emotions):CONCENTRATE \-LE\ I IV L.. fr. L]; CONCEPTACLE.2
vi; to come to COn*cep*ti*bte
tax is lly conceded): a \kan'septabai\ adj. [ML conceptibilis, fr. L
.e (as somethi • discussed or debated) one point: meet in, converge toward, or have a common cen­
ter (then begins to'—• the -.. nexus of ... habits of reaction to CO»*cep*tion concentus 4- -ibilid -ibfef]; CONCEIVABLE
?! ivc any claim to tlie XkarftepshaaX n -s [MEconcepdoun, fr. OF con­
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