Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 106

Conformity (n.) Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between.

Conformity (n.) Compliance with the usages of the Established Church.

Confortation (n.) The act of strengthening.

Confounded (imp. & p. p.) of Confound

Confounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confound

Confound (v. t.) To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.

Confound (v. t.) To mistake for another; to identify falsely.

Confound (v. t.) To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay.

Confound (v. t.) To destroy; to ruin; to waste.

Confounded (a.) Confused; perplexed.

Confounded (a.) Excessive; extreme; abominable.

Confoundedly (adv.) Extremely; odiously; detestable.

Confoundedness (n.) The state of being confounded.

Confounder (n.) One who confounds.

Confract (a.) Broken in pieces; severed.

Confragose (a.) Broken; uneven.

Confraternities (pl. ) of Confraternity

Confraternity (n.) A society of body of men united for some purpose, or in some profession; a brotherhood.

Confrere (n.) Fellow member of a fraternity; intimate associate.

Confrication (n.) A rubbing together; friction.

Confrier (n.) A confr/re.

Confronted (imp. & p. p.) of Confront

Confronting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confront

Confront (v. t.) To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.

Confront (v. t.) To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing.

Confront (v. t.) To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to compare.

Confrontation (n.) Act of confrontating.

Confronte (a.) Same as Affronte.

Confronter (n.) One who confronts.

Confrontment (n.) The act of confronting; the state of being face to face.

Confrontment (n.) The act of confronting; the state of being face to face.

Confucian (a.) Of, or relating to, Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher and teacher.

Confucian (n.) A Confucianist.

Confucianism (n.) The political morality taught by Confucius and his disciples, which forms the basis of the Chinese jurisprudence and education. It can hardly be called a religion, as it does not inculcate the worship of any god.

Confucianist (n.) A follower of Confucius; a Confucian.

Confus (a.) Confused, disturbed.

Confusability (n.) Capability of being confused.

Confusable (a.) Capable of being confused.

Confuse (a.) Mixed; confounded.

Confused (imp. & p. p.) of Confuse

Confusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confuse

Confuse (v. t.) To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision.

Confuse (v. t.) To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession.

Confusedly (adv.) In a confused manner.

Confusedness (n.) A state of confusion.

Confusely (adv.) Confusedly; obscurely.

Confusion (n.) The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.

Confusion (n.) The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame.

Confusion (n.) Overthrow; defeat; ruin.

Confusion (n.) One who confuses; a confounder.

Confusive (a.) Confusing; having a tendency to confusion.

Confutable (a.) That may be confuted.

Confutant (n.) One who undertakes to confute.

Confutation (n.) The act or process of confuting; refutation.

Confutative (a.) Adapted or designed to confute.

Confuted (imp. & p. p.) of Confute

Confuting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confute

Confute (v. t.) To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.

Confutement (n.) Confutation.

Confuter (n.) One who confutes or disproves.

Cong (n.) An abbreviation of Congius.

Conge (n.) The act of taking leave; parting ceremony; farewell; also, dismissal.

Conge (n.) The customary act of civility on any occasion; a bow or a courtesy.

Conge (n.) An apophyge.

Conge (n.) To take leave with the customary civilities; to bow or courtesy.

Congeable (a.) Permissible; done lawfully; as, entry congeable.

Congealed (imp. & p. p.) of Congeal

Congealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Congeal

Congeal (v. t.) To change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to freeze.

Congeal (v. t.) To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill.

Congeal (v. i.) To grow hard, stiff, or thick, from cold or other causes; to become solid; to freeze; to cease to flow; to run cold; to be chilled.

Congealable (a.) Capable of being congealed.

Congealedness (n.) The state of being congealed.

Congealment (n.) The act or the process of congealing; congeliation.

Congealment (n.) That which is formed by congelation; a clot.

Congee (n. & v.) See Conge, Conge.

Congee (n.) Boiled rice; rice gruel.

Congee (n.) A jail; a lockup.

Congelation (n.) The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing.

Congelation (n.) The state of being congealed.

Congelation (n.) That which is congealed.

Congener (n.) A thing of the same genus, species, or kind; a thing allied in nature, character, or action.

Congeneracy (n.) Similarity of origin; affinity.

Congeneric (a.) Alt. of Congenerical

Congenerical (a.) Belonging to the same genus; allied in origin, nature, or action.

Congenerous (a.) Allied in origin or cause; congeneric; as, congenerous diseases.

Congenial (a.) Partaking of the same nature; allied by natural characteristics; kindred; sympathetic.

Congenial (a.) Naturally adapted; suited to the disposition.

Congeniality (n.) The state or quality of being congenial; natural affinity; adaptation; suitableness.

Congenialize (v. t.) To make congenial.

Congenially (adv.) In a congenial manner; as, congenially married or employed.

Congenialness (n.) Congeniality.

Congenious (a.) Congeneric.

Congenital (a.) Existing at, or dating from, birth; pertaining to one from birth; born with one; connate; constitutional; natural; as, a congenital deformity. See Connate.

Congenitally (dv.) In a congenital manner.

Congenite (a.) Congenital; connate; inborn. See Congenital.

Conger (n.) The conger eel; -- called also congeree.

Congeries (n. sing & pl.) A collection of particles or bodies into one mass; a heap; an aggregation.

Congest (v. t. ) To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate.

Congest (v. t. ) To cause an overfullness of the blood vessels (esp. the capillaries) of an organ or part.

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