English Dictionary: combat-ready | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Basil \Bas"il\, n. [F. basilic, fr. L. badilicus royal, Gr. [?], fr. [?] king.] (Bot.) The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family, but chiefly to the common or sweet basil ({Ocymum basilicum}), and the bush basil, or lesser basil ({O. minimum}), the leaves of which are used in cookery. The name is also given to several kinds of mountain mint ({Pycnanthemum}). {Basil thyme}, a name given to the fragrant herbs {Calamintha Acinos} and {C. Nepeta}. {Wild basil}, a plant ({Calamintha clinopodium}) of the Mint family. | |
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Calamint \Cal"a*mint\ (-m[icr]nt), n. [OE. calamint, calemente (cf. F. calament) fr. L. calamintha, Gr. kalami`nqh, kala`minqos. See 1st {Mint}.] (Bot.) A genus of perennial plants ({Calamintha}) of the Mint family, esp. the {C. Nepeta} and {C. Acinos}, which are called also {basil thyme}. | |
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Camp \Camp\, n. [F. camp, It. campo, fr. L. campus plant, field; akin to Gr. [?] garden. Cf. {Campaing}, {Champ}, n.] 1. The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc. --Shzk. 2. A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner. Forming a camp in the neighborhood of Boston. --W. Irving. 3. A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp. 4. The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc. The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight. --Macaulay. 5. (Agric.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also {burrow} and {pie}. [Prov. Eng.] 6. [Cf. OE. & AS. camp contest, battle. See {champion}.] An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England. --Halliwell. {Camp bedstead}, a light bedstead that can be folded up onto a small space for easy transportation. {camp ceiling} (Arch.), a kind ceiling often used in attics or garrets, in which the side walls are inclined inward at the top, following the slope of the rafters, to meet the plane surface of the upper ceiling. {Camp chair}, a light chair that can be folded up compactly for easy transportation; the seat and back are often made of strips or pieces of carpet. {Camp fever}, typhus fever. {Camp follower}, a civilian accompanying an army, as a sutler, servant, etc. {Camp meeting}, a religious gathering for open-air preaching, held in some retired spot, chiefly by Methodists. It usually last for several days, during which those present lodge in tents, temporary houses, or cottages. {Camp stool}, the same as {camp chair}, except that the stool has no back. {Flying camp} (Mil.), a camp or body of troops formed for rapid motion from one place to another. --Farrow. {To pitch (a) camp}, to set up the tents or huts of a camp. {To strike camp}, to take down the tents or huts of a camp. | |
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Camp \Camp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Camped}; p. pr. & vb n. {Camping}.] To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers. Had our great palace the capacity To camp this host, we all would sup together. --Shak. | |
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Camptight \Camp"tight`\, n. [Cf. {Camp}, n., 6.] (O. Eng. Law.) A duel; the decision of a case by a duel. | |
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Skunkhead \Skunk"head`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The surf duck. (b) A duck ({Camptolaimus Labradorus}) which formerly inhabited the Atlantic coast of New England. It is now supposed to be extinct. Called also {Labrador duck}, and {pied duck}. | |
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Walking \Walk"ing\, a. & n. from {Walk}, v. {Walking beam}. See {Beam}, 10. {Walking crane}, a kind of traveling crane. See under {Crane}. {Walking fern}. (Bot.) See {Walking leaf}, below. {Walking fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic fishes of the genus {Ophiocephalus}, some of which, as {O. marulius}, become over four feet long. They have a special cavity over the gills lined with a membrane adapted to retain moisture to aid in respiration, and are thus able to travel considerable distances over the land at night, whence the name. They construct a curious nest for their young. Called also {langya}. {Walking gentleman} (Theater), an actor who usually fills subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance but few words. [Cant] {Walking lady} (Theater), an actress who usually fills such parts as require only a ladylike appearance on the stage. [Cant] {Walking leaf}. (a) (Bot.) A little American fern ({Camptosorus rhizophyllus}); -- so called because the fronds taper into slender prolongations which often root at the apex, thus producing new plants. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A leaf insect. See under {Leaf}. {Walking papers}, or {Walking ticket}, an order to leave; dismissal, as from office. [Colloq.] --Bartlett. {Walking stick}. (a) A stick or staff carried in the hand for hand for support or amusement when walking; a cane. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A stick insect; -- called also {walking straw}. See Illust. of {Stick insect}, under {Stick}. {Walking wheel} (Mach.), a prime mover consisting of a wheel driven by the weight of men or animals walking either in it or on it; a treadwheel. | |
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Diogenes \Di*og"e*nes\, n. A Greek Cynic philosopher (412?-323 B. C.) who lived much in Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims and conditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings. {Diogenes' crab} (Zo[94]l.), a species of terrestrial hermit crabs ({Cenobita Diogenes}), abundant in the West Indies and often destructive to crops. {Diogenes' tub}, the tub which the philosopher Diogenes is said to have carried about with him as his house, in which he lived. | |
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Cenobite \Cen"o*bite\, n. [L. coenobita, fr. Gr. koino`bios; koino`s common + bi`os life: cf. F. c[82]nobite.] One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude. --Gibbon. | |
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Cenobitic \Cen`o*bit"ic\, Cenobitical \Cen`o*bit"ic*al\a. [Cf. F. c[82]nobitique.] Of or pertaining to a cenobite. | |
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Cenobitic \Cen`o*bit"ic\, Cenobitical \Cen`o*bit"ic*al\a. [Cf. F. c[82]nobitique.] Of or pertaining to a cenobite. | |
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Cenobitism \Cen"o*bi*tism\, n. The state of being a cenobite; the belief or practice of a cenobite. --Milman. | |
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Chain \Chain\, n. [F. cha[8c]ne, fr. L. catena. Cf. {Catenate}.] 1. A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc. [They] put a chain of gold about his neck. --Dan. v. 29. 2. That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit. Driven down To chains of darkness and the undying worm. --Milton. 3. A series of things linked together; or a series of things connected and following each other in succession; as, a chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas. 4. (Surv.) An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land. Note: One commonly in use is Gunter's chain, which consists of one hundred links, each link being seven inches and ninety-two one hundredths in length; making up the total length of rods, or sixty-six, feet; hence, a measure of that length; hence, also, a unit for land measure equal to four rods square, or one tenth of an acre. 5. pl. (Naut.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels. 6. (Weaving) The warp threads of a web. --Knight. {Chain belt} (Mach.), a belt made of a chain; -- used for transmitting power. {Chain boat}, a boat fitted up for recovering lost cables, anchors, etc. {Chain bolt} (a) (Naut.) The bolt at the lower end of the chain plate, which fastens it to the vessel's side. (b) A bolt with a chain attached for drawing it out of position. {Chain bond}. See {Chain timber}. {Chain bridge}, a bridge supported by chain cables; a suspension bridge. {Chain cable}, a cable made of iron links. {Chain coral} (Zo[94]l.), a fossil coral of the genus {Halysites}, common in the middle and upper Silurian rocks. The tubular corallites are united side by side in groups, looking in an end view like links of a chain. When perfect, the calicles show twelve septa. {Chain coupling}. (a) A shackle for uniting lengths of chain, or connecting a chain with an object. (b) (Railroad) Supplementary coupling together of cars with a chain. {Chain gang}, a gang of convicts chained together. {Chain hook} (Naut.), a hook, used for dragging cables about the deck. {Chain mail}, flexible, defensive armor of hammered metal links wrought into the form of a garment. {Chain molding} (Arch.), a form of molding in imitation of a chain, used in the Normal style. {Chain pier}, a pier suspended by chain. {Chain pipe} (Naut.), an opening in the deck, lined with iron, through which the cable is passed into the lockers or tiers. {Chain plate} (Shipbuilding), one of the iron plates or bands, on a vessel's side, to which the standing rigging is fastened. {Chain pulley}, a pulley with depressions in the periphery of its wheel, or projections from it, made to fit the links of a chain. {Chain pumps}. See in the Vocabulary. {Chain rule} (Arith.), a theorem for solving numerical problems by composition of ratios, or compound proportion, by which, when several ratios of equality are given, the consequent of each being the same as the antecedent of the next, the relation between the first antecedent and the last consequent is discovered. {Chain shot} (Mil.), two cannon balls united by a shot chain, formerly used in naval warfare on account of their destructive effect on a ship's rigging. {Chain stitch}. See in the Vocabulary. {Chain timber}. (Arch.) See {Bond timber}, under {Bond}. {Chain wales}. (Naut.) Same as {Channels}. {Chain wheel}. See in the Vocabulary. {Closed chain}, {Open chain} (Chem.), terms applied to the chemical structure of compounds whose rational formul[91] are written respectively in the form of a closed ring (see {Benzene nucleus}, under {Benzene}), or in an open extended form. {Endless chain}, a chain whose ends have been united by a link. | |
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Champ \Champ\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Champed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Champing}.] [Prob, of Scand. orgin; cf. dial. Sw. k[84]msa to chew with difficulty, champ; but cf. also OF. champier, champeyer, champoyer, to graze in fields, fr. F. champ field, fr. L. campus. Cf. {Camp}.] 1. To bite with repeated action of the teeth so as to be heard. Foamed and champed the golden bit. --Dryden. 2. To bite into small pieces; to crunch. --Steele. | |
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Lamb's-quarters \Lamb's-quar"ters\, n. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of the Goosefoot family, sometimes used as pot herbs, as {Chenopodium album} and {Atriplex patulsa}. | |
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Frost-blite \Frost`-blite"\, n. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Atriplex}; orache. --Gray. (b) The lamb's-quarters ({Chenopodium album}). --Dr. Prior. | |
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Mexican \Mex"i*can\, a. Of or pertaining to Mexico or its people. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Mexico. {Mexican poppy} (Bot.), a tropical American herb of the Poppy family ({Argemone Mexicana}) with much the look of a thistle, but having large yellow or white blossoms. {Mexican tea} (Bot.), an aromatic kind of pigweed from tropical America ({Chenopodium ambrosioides}). | |
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Worm \Worm\ (w[ucir]rm), n. [OE. worm, wurm, AS. wyrm; akin to D. worm, OS. & G. wurm, Icel. ormr, Sw. & Dan. orm, Goth. wa[a3]rms, L. vermis, Gr. [?] a wood worm. Cf. {Vermicelli}, {Vermilion}, {Vermin}.] 1. A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like. [Archaic] There came a viper out of the heat, and leapt on his hand. When the men of the country saw the worm hang on his hand, they said, This man must needs be a murderer. --Tyndale (Acts xxviii. 3, 4). 'T is slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile. --Shak. When Cerberus perceived us, the great worm, His mouth he opened and displayed his tusks. --Longfellow. 2. Any small creeping animal or reptile, either entirely without feet, or with very short ones, including a great variety of animals; as, an earthworm; the blindworm. Specifically: (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any helminth; an entozo[94]n. (b) Any annelid. (c) An insect larva. (d) pl. Same as {Vermes}. 3. An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one's mind with remorse. The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul! --Shak. 4. A being debased and despised. I am a worm, and no man. --Ps. xxii. 6. 5. Anything spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm; as: (a) The thread of a screw. The threads of screws, when bigger than can be made in screw plates, are called worms. --Moxon. (b) A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms. (c) (Anat.) A certain muscular band in the tongue of some animals, as the dog; the lytta. See {Lytta}. (d) The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to economize space. See Illust. of {Still}. (e) (Mach.) A short revolving screw, the threads of which drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel by gearing into its teeth or cogs. See Illust. of {Worm gearing}, below. {Worm abscess} (Med.), an abscess produced by the irritation resulting from the lodgment of a worm in some part of the body. {Worm fence}. See under {Fence}. {Worm gear}. (Mach.) (a) A worm wheel. (b) Worm gearing. {Worm gearing}, gearing consisting of a worm and worm wheel working together. {Worm grass}. (Bot.) (a) See {Pinkroot}, 2 (a) . (b) The white stonecrop ({Sedum album}) reputed to have qualities as a vermifuge. --Dr. Prior. {Worm oil} (Med.), an anthelmintic consisting of oil obtained from the seeds of {Chenopodium anthelminticum}. {Worm powder} (Med.), an anthelmintic powder. {Worm snake}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Thunder snake} (b), under {Thunder}. {Worm tea} (Med.), an anthelmintic tea or tisane. {Worm tincture} (Med.), a tincture prepared from dried earthworms, oil of tartar, spirit of wine, etc. [Obs.] {Worm wheel}, a cogwheel having teeth formed to fit into the spiral spaces of a screw called a worm, so that the wheel may be turned by, or may turn, the worm; -- called also {worm gear}, and sometimes {tangent wheel}. See Illust. of {Worm gearing}, above. | |
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Wormseed \Worm"seed`\, n. (Bot.) Any one of several plants, as {Artemisia santonica}, and {Chenopodium anthelminticum}, whose seeds have the property of expelling worms from the stomach and intestines. {Wormseed mustard}, a slender, cruciferous plant ({Erysinum cheiranthoides}) having small lanceolate leaves. | |
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Jerusalem \Je*ru"sa*lem\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. Heb. Y[?]r[?]sh[be]laim.] The chief city of Palestine, intimately associated with the glory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus Christ. {Jerusalem artichoke} [Perh. a corrupt. of It. girasole i.e., sunflower, or turnsole. See {Gyre}, {Solar}.] (Bot.) (a) An American plant, a perennial species of sunflower ({Helianthus tuberosus}), whose tubers are sometimes used as food. (b) One of the tubers themselves. {Jerusalem cherry} (Bot.), the popular name of either of either of two species of {Solanum} ({S. Pseudo-capsicum} and {S. capsicastrum}), cultivated as ornamental house plants. They bear bright red berries of about the size of cherries. {Jerusalem oak} (Bot.), an aromatic goosefoot ({Chenopodium Botrys}), common about houses and along roadsides. {Jerusalem sage} (Bot.), a perennial herb of the Mint family ({Phlomis tuberosa}). {Jerusalem thorn} (Bot.), a spiny, leguminous tree ({Parkinsonia aculeata}), widely dispersed in warm countries, and used for hedges. {The New Jerusalem}, Heaven; the Celestial City. | |
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d8Quinoa \[d8]Qui*no"a\, n. The seeds of a kind of goosewort ({Chenopodium Quinoa}), used in Chili and Peru for making porridge or cakes; also, food thus made. | |
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Sowbane \Sow"bane`\, n. (Bot.) The red goosefoot ({Chenopodium rubrum}), -- said to be fatal to swine. | |
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Notchweed \Notch"weed`\, n. (Bot.) A foul-smelling weed, the stinking goosefoot ({Chenopodium Vulvaria}). | |
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Chimney \Chim"ney\, n.; pl. {Chimneys}. [F. chemin[82]e, LL. caminata, fr. L. caminus furnace, fireplace, Gr. [?] furnace, oven.] 1. A fireplace or hearth. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft. Hard by a cottage chimney smokes. --Milton. 3. A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion. 4. (Min.) A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein. --Raymond. {Chimney board}, a board or screen used to close a fireplace; a fireboard. {Chimney cap}, a device to improve the draught of a chimney, by presenting an exit aperture always to leeward. {Chimney corner}, the space between the sides of the fireplace and the fire; hence, the fireside. {Chimney hook}, a hook for holding pats and kettles over a fire, {Chimney money}, hearth money, a duty formerly paid in England for each chimney. {Chimney pot} (Arch.), a cylinder of earthenware or sheet metal placed at the top of a chimney which rises above the roof. {Chimney swallow}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American swift ({Ch[91]ture pelasgica}) which lives in chimneys. (b) In England, the common swallow ({Hirundo rustica}). {Chimney sweep}, {Chimney sweeper}, one who cleans chimneys of soot; esp. a boy who climbs the flue, and brushes off the soot. | |
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Coemption \Co*emp"tion\ (?; 215), n. [L. co[89]mptio, fr. co[89]mere to buy up. See {Emption}.] The act of buying the whole quantity of any commodity. [R.] --Bacon. | |
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Coinhabitant \Co`in*hab"it*ant\, n. One who dwells with another, or with others. [bd]Coinhabitants of the same element.[b8] --Dr. H. More. | |
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Combat \Com"bat\ (? [or] ?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Combated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Combating}.] [F. combattre; pref. com- + battre to beat, fr. L. battuere to strike. See {Batter}.] To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight. To combat with a blind man I disdain. --Milton. After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated only for the choice of masters. --Gibbon. | |
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Combat \Com"bat\, v. t. To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist. When he the ambitious Norway combated. --Shak. And combated in silence all these reasons. --Milton. Minds combat minds, repelling and repelled. --Goldsmith. Syn: To fight against; resist; oppose; withstand; oppugn; antagonize; repel; resent. | |
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Combat \Com"bat\, n. [Cf. F. combat.] 1. A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy. My courage try by combat, if thou dar'st. --Shak. The noble combat that 'twixt joy and sorrow was fought in Paulina. --Shak. 2. (Mil.) An engagement of no great magnitude; or one in which the parties engaged are not armies. {Single combat}, one in which a single combatant meets a single opponent, as in the case of David and Goliath; also, a duel. Syn: A battle; engagement; conflict; contest; contention; struggle; fight, strife. See {Battle}, {Contest}. | |
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Combatable \Com"bat*a*ble\ (? [or] ?), a. [Cf. F. combattable.] Such as can be, or is liable to be, combated; as, combatable foes, evils, or arguments. | |
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Combatant \Com"bat*ant\, a. [F. combattant, p. pr.] Contending; disposed to contend. --B. Jonson. | |
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Combatant \Com"bat*ant\, n. [F. combattant.] One who engages in combat. [bd]The mighty combatants.[b8] --Milton. A controversy which long survived the original combatants. --Macaulay | |
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Combat \Com"bat\ (? [or] ?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Combated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Combating}.] [F. combattre; pref. com- + battre to beat, fr. L. battuere to strike. See {Batter}.] To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight. To combat with a blind man I disdain. --Milton. After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated only for the choice of masters. --Gibbon. | |
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Combater \Com"bat*er\, n. One who combats. --Sherwood. | |
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Combat \Com"bat\ (? [or] ?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Combated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Combating}.] [F. combattre; pref. com- + battre to beat, fr. L. battuere to strike. See {Batter}.] To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight. To combat with a blind man I disdain. --Milton. After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated only for the choice of masters. --Gibbon. | |
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Combative \Com"bat*ive\ (? or [?]), a. Disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious. | |
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Combativeness \Com"bat*ive*ness\, n. 1. The quality of being combative; propensity to contend or to quarrel. 2. (Phren.) A cranial development supposed to indicate a combative disposition. | |
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Comb \Comb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Combed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Combing}.] To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smooth and straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb hair or wool. See under {Combing}. Comb down his hair; look, look! it stands upright. --Shak. | |
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Comfit \Com"fit\, n. [F. confit, prop. a p. p., fr. confire to preserve, pickle, fr. L. conficere to prepare; con- + facere to make. See {Fact}, and cf. {Confect}.] A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection. | |
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Comfit \Com"fit\, v. t. To preserve dry with sugar. The fruit which does so quickly waste, . . . Thou comfitest in sweets to make it last. --Cowley. | |
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Comfiture \Com"fi*ture\ (?; 135), n. [F. confiture; cf. LL. confecturae sweetmeats, confectura a preparing. See {Comfit}, and cf. {Confiture}.] See {Comfit}, n. | |
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Comma \Com"ma\, n. [L. comma part of a sentence, comma, Gr. [?] clause, fr. [?] to cut off. Cf. {Capon}.] 1. A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed. 2. (Mus.) A small interval (the difference between a major and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners. {Comma bacillus} (Physiol.), a variety of bacillus shaped like a comma, found in the intestines of patients suffering from cholera. It is considered by some as having a special relation to the disease; -- called also {cholera bacillus}. {Comma butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), an American butterfly ({Grapta comma}), having a white comma-shaped marking on the under side of the wings. | |
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Commove \Com*move"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Commoved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Commoving}.] [L. commovere, commotum; com- + movere to move.] 1. To urge; to persuade; to incite. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To put in motion; to disturb; to unsettle. [R.] Straight the sands, Commoved around, in gathering eddies play. --Thomson. | |
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Compaternity \Com`pa*ter"ni*ty\, n. [LL. compaternitas, fr. compater godfather; com- + pater father.] The relation of a godfather to a person. [Obs.] The relation of gossipred or compaternity by the canon law is a spiritual affinity. --Sir J. Davies. | |
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Compatibility \Com*pat`i*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. compatibilit[82].] The quality or power of being compatible or congruous; congruity; as, a compatibility of tempers; a compatibility of properties. | |
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Compatible \Com*pat"i*ble\, a. [F., fr. LL. compatibilis, fr. L. compati. See {Compassion}.] Capable of existing in harmony; congruous; suitable; not repugnant; -- usually followed by with. Our poets have joined together such qualities as are by nature the most compatible. --Broome. Syn: Consistent; suitable; agreeable; accordant. | |
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Compatibleness \Com*pat"i*ble*ness\, n. Compatibility; consistency; fitness; agreement. | |
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Compatibly \Com*pat"i*bly\, adv. In a compatible manner. | |
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Compatient \Com*pa"tient\, a. [L. compatients, p. pr. of compati. See {Compassion}.] Suffering or enduring together. [Obs.] --Sir G. Buck. | |
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Compatriot \Com*pa"tri*ot\, a. Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism. She [Britain] rears to freedom an undaunted race, Compatriot, zealous, hospitable, kind. --Thomson. | |
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Compatriot \Com*pa"tri*ot\, n. [F. compatriote, LL. compatriotus; com- + patriota a native. See {Patriot}, and cf. {Copatriot}.] One of the same country, and having like interests and feeling. The distrust with which they felt themselves to be regarded by their compatriots in America. --Palfrey. | |
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Compatriotism \Com*pa"tri*ot*ism\, n. The condition of being compatriots. | |
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Compete \Com*pete"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Competed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Competing}.] [L. completere, competitum; com- + petere to seek. See {Petition}.] To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize or in business; as, tradesmen compete with one another. The rival statesmen, with eyes fixed on America, were all the while competing for European alliances. --Bancroft. | |
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Compete \Com*pete"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Competed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Competing}.] [L. completere, competitum; com- + petere to seek. See {Petition}.] To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize or in business; as, tradesmen compete with one another. The rival statesmen, with eyes fixed on America, were all the while competing for European alliances. --Bancroft. | |
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Competence \Com"pe*tence\, Competency \Com"pe*ten*cy\, n. [Cf. F. comp[82]tence, from L. competentia agreement.] 1. The state of being competent; fitness; ability; adequacy; power. The loan demonstrates, in regard to instrumental resources, the competency of this kingdom to the assertion of the common cause. --Burke. To make them act zealously is not in the competence of law. --Burke. 2. Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and conveniences of life; sufficiency without excess. Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words -- health, peace, and competence. --Pope. Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer. --Shak. 3. (Law) (a) Legal capacity or qualifications; fitness; as, the competency of a witness or of a evidence. (b) Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court. --Kent. | |
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Competence \Com"pe*tence\, Competency \Com"pe*ten*cy\, n. [Cf. F. comp[82]tence, from L. competentia agreement.] 1. The state of being competent; fitness; ability; adequacy; power. The loan demonstrates, in regard to instrumental resources, the competency of this kingdom to the assertion of the common cause. --Burke. To make them act zealously is not in the competence of law. --Burke. 2. Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and conveniences of life; sufficiency without excess. Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words -- health, peace, and competence. --Pope. Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer. --Shak. 3. (Law) (a) Legal capacity or qualifications; fitness; as, the competency of a witness or of a evidence. (b) Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court. --Kent. | |
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Competent \Com"pe*tent\ (?; 94), a. [F. comp[82]tent, p. pr. of comp[82]ter to be in the competency of, LL. competere to strive after together, to agree with; hence, to be fit. See {Compete}.] 1. Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit. [bd]A competent knowledge of the world.[b8] --Atterbury. [bd]Competent age.[b8] --Grafton. [bd]Competent statesmen.[b8] --Palfrey. /[bd]A competent witness.[b8] --Bouvier. 2. Rightfully or properly belonging; incident; -- followed by to. [Rare, except in legal usage.] That is the privilege of the infinite Author of things, . . . but is not competent to any finite being. --Locke. Syn: See {Qualified}. | |
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Competently \Com"pe*tent*ly\, adv. In a competent manner; adequately; suitably. | |
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Competible \Com*pet"i*ble\, a. Compatible; suitable; consistent. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Compete \Com*pete"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Competed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Competing}.] [L. completere, competitum; com- + petere to seek. See {Petition}.] To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize or in business; as, tradesmen compete with one another. The rival statesmen, with eyes fixed on America, were all the while competing for European alliances. --Bancroft. | |
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Competition \Com`pe*ti"tion\, n. [L. competition. See {Compete}.] The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with. Competition to the crown there is none, nor can be. --Bacon. A portrait, with which one of Titian's could not come in competition. --Dryden. There is no competition but for the second place. --Dryden. Where competition does not act at all there is complete monopoly. --A. T. Hadley. Syn: Emulation; rivalry; rivalship; contest; struggle; contention; opposition; jealousy. See {Emulation}. | |
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Competitive \Com*pet"i*tive\, a. Of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; competitory; as, a competitive examination. | |
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Competitor \Com*pet"i*tor\, n. [L.: cf. F. comp[82]titeur.] 1. One who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; a rival. And can not brook competitors in love. --Shak. 2. An associate; a confederate. [Obs.] Every hour more competitors Flock to their aid, and still their power increaseth. --Shak. | |
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Competitory \Com*pet"i*to*ry\, a. Acting in competition; competing; rival. | |
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Competitress \Com*pet"i*tress\, n. A woman who competes. | |
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Competitrix \Com*pet"i*trix\, n. [L.] A competitress. | |
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Compotation \Com`po*ta"tion\, n. [L. compotatio; com- + potare to drink.] The act of drinking or tippling together. [R.] The fashion of compotation. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Compotator \Com"po*ta`tor\, n. [L.] One who drinks with another. [R.] --Pope. | |
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d8Compotier \[d8]Com`po`tier"\ (k[ocir]N`p[osl]`ty[amac]"), n.; pl. {Compotiers} (F. ty[be]"). [F.] A dish for holding compotes, fruit, etc. | |
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Compt \Compt\ (kount, formerly k[ce]mt; 215), n. [F. compte. See {Count} an account.] Account; reckoning; computation. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Compt \Compt\, v. t. [F. compter. See {Count}, v. t.] To compute; to count. [Obs.] See {Count}. | |
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Compt \Compt\, a. [L. comptus, p. p. of comere to care for, comb, arrange, adorn.] Neat; spruce. [Obs.] --Cotgrave. | |
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Compter \Compt"er\, n. A counter. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Comptible \Compt"i*ble\, a. [See {Compt}, v. t.] Accountable; responsible; sensitive. [Obs.] I am very comptible even to the least sinister usage. --Shak. | |
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Comptly \Compt"ly\, adv. Neatly. [Obs.] --Sherwood. | |
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Comptograph \Comp"to*graph\, n. [F. compter to count + -graph.] A machine for adding numbers and making a printed record of the sum. | |
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Comptometer \Comp*tom"e*ter\, n. [See {Count}; {-meter}.] A calculating machine; an arithmometer. | |
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Sweet \Sweet\, a. [Compar. {Sweeter}; superl. {Sweetest}.] [OE. swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[c7]te; akin to OFries. sw[c7]te, OS. sw[d3]ti, D. zoet, G. s[81]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. s[91]tr, s[d2]tr, Sw. s[94]t, Dan. s[94]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for suadvis, Gr. [?], Skr. sv[be]du sweet, svad, sv[be]d, to sweeten. [fb]175. Cf. {Assuage}, {Suave}, {Suasion}.] 1. Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges. 2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense. The breath of these flowers is sweet to me. --Longfellow. 3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer. To make his English sweet upon his tongue. --Chaucer. A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. --Hawthorne. 4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion. Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. --Milton. 5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. --Bacon. 6. Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish. 7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners. Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades? --Job xxxviii. 31. Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one established rule of Christian working. --M. Arnold. Note: Sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured, sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc. {Sweet alyssum}. (Bot.) See {Alyssum}. {Sweet apple}. (Bot.) (a) Any apple of sweet flavor. (b) See {Sweet-top}. {Sweet bay}. (Bot.) (a) The laurel ({laurus nobilis}). (b) Swamp sassafras. {Sweet calabash} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Passiflora} ({P. maliformis}) growing in the West Indies, and producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple. {Sweet cicely}. (Bot.) (a) Either of the North American plants of the umbelliferous genus {Osmorrhiza} having aromatic roots and seeds, and white flowers. --Gray. (b) A plant of the genus {Myrrhis} ({M. odorata}) growing in England. {Sweet calamus}, [or] {Sweet cane}. (Bot.) Same as {Sweet flag}, below. {Sweet Cistus} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Cistus Ladanum}) from which the gum ladanum is obtained. {Sweet clover}. (Bot.) See {Melilot}. {Sweet coltsfoot} (Bot.), a kind of butterbur ({Petasites sagittata}) found in Western North America. {Sweet corn} (Bot.), a variety of the maize of a sweet taste. See the Note under {Corn}. {Sweet fern} (Bot.), a small North American shrub ({Comptonia, [or] Myrica, asplenifolia}) having sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves. {Sweet flag} (Bot.), an endogenous plant ({Acorus Calamus}) having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent aromatic taste. It is found in wet places in Europe and America. See {Calamus}, 2. {Sweet gale} (Bot.), a shrub ({Myrica Gale}) having bitter fragrant leaves; -- also called {sweet willow}, and {Dutch myrtle}. See 5th {Gale}. {Sweet grass} (Bot.), holy, or Seneca, grass. {Sweet gum} (Bot.), an American tree ({Liquidambar styraciflua}). See {Liquidambar}. {Sweet herbs}, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary purposes. {Sweet John} (Bot.), a variety of the sweet William. {Sweet leaf} (Bot.), horse sugar. See under {Horse}. {Sweet marjoram}. (Bot.) See {Marjoram}. {Sweet marten} (Zo[94]l.), the pine marten. {Sweet maudlin} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea Ageratum}) allied to milfoil. {Sweet oil}, olive oil. {Sweet pea}. (Bot.) See under {Pea}. {Sweet potato}. (Bot.) See under {Potato}. {Sweet rush} (Bot.), sweet flag. {Sweet spirits of niter} (Med. Chem.) See {Spirit of nitrous ether}, under {Spirit}. {Sweet sultan} (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea moschata}), also, the yellow-flowered ({C. odorata}); -- called also {sultan flower}. {Sweet tooth}, an especial fondness for sweet things or for sweetmeats. [Colloq.] {Sweet William}. (a) (Bot.) A species of pink ({Dianthus barbatus}) of many varieties. (b) (Zo[94]l.) The willow warbler. (c) (Zo[94]l.) The European goldfinch; -- called also {sweet Billy}. [Prov. Eng.] {Sweet willow} (Bot.), sweet gale. {Sweet wine}. See {Dry wine}, under {Dry}. {To be sweet on}, to have a particular fondness for, or special interest in, as a young man for a young woman. [Colloq.] --Thackeray. Syn: Sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious. | |
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Thomsonite \Thom"son*ite\, n. [From R. D. Thomson, of Glasgow.] (Min.) A zeolitic mineral, occurring generally in masses of a radiated structure. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda. Called also {mesole}, and {comptonite}. | |
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Comptrol \Comp*trol"\, n. & v. See {Control}. | |
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Control \Con*trol"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Controlled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Controlling}.] [F. contr[93]ler, fr. contr[93]le.] [Formerly written {comptrol} and {controul}.] 1. To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute. [Obs.] This report was controlled to be false. --Fuller. 2. To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower. Give me a staff of honor for mine age, But not a scepter to control the world. --Shak. I feel my virtue struggling in my soul: But stronger passion does its power control. --Dryden. Syn: To restrain; rule; govern; manage; guide; regulate; hinder; direct; check; curb; counteract; subdue. | |
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Comptrol \Comp*trol"\, n. & v. See {Control}. | |
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Control \Con*trol"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Controlled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Controlling}.] [F. contr[93]ler, fr. contr[93]le.] [Formerly written {comptrol} and {controul}.] 1. To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute. [Obs.] This report was controlled to be false. --Fuller. 2. To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower. Give me a staff of honor for mine age, But not a scepter to control the world. --Shak. I feel my virtue struggling in my soul: But stronger passion does its power control. --Dryden. Syn: To restrain; rule; govern; manage; guide; regulate; hinder; direct; check; curb; counteract; subdue. | |
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Comptroler \Comp*trol"er\, n. A controller; a public officer whose duty it is to examine certify accounts. | |
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Computable \Com*put"a*ble\, a. [L. computabilis.] Capable of being computed, numbered, or reckoned. Not easily computable by arithmetic. --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Computation \Com`pu*ta"tion\, n. [L. computatio: cf. F. computation.] 1. The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning. By just computation of the time. --Shak. By a computation backward from ourselves. --Bacon. 2. The result of computation; the amount computed. Syn: Reckoning; calculation; estimate; account. | |
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Compute \Com*pute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Computed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Computing}.] [L. computare. See {Count}, v. t.] To determine calculation; to reckon; to count. Two days, as we compute the days of heaven. --Milton. What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted. --Burns. Syn: To calculate; number; count; reckon; estimate; enumerate; rate. See {Calculate}. | |
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Compute \Com*pute"\, n. [L. computus: cf. F. comput.] Computation. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Compute \Com*pute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Computed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Computing}.] [L. computare. See {Count}, v. t.] To determine calculation; to reckon; to count. Two days, as we compute the days of heaven. --Milton. What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted. --Burns. Syn: To calculate; number; count; reckon; estimate; enumerate; rate. See {Calculate}. | |
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Computer \Com*put"er\, n. One who computes. | |
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Compute \Com*pute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Computed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Computing}.] [L. computare. See {Count}, v. t.] To determine calculation; to reckon; to count. Two days, as we compute the days of heaven. --Milton. What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted. --Burns. Syn: To calculate; number; count; reckon; estimate; enumerate; rate. See {Calculate}. | |
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Computist \Com"pu*tist\, n. A computer. | |
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Conepate \Co"ne*pate\, Conepatl \Co"ne*patl\, n. [Mexican conepatl and epatl.] (Zo[94]l.) The skunk. | |
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Conepate \Co"ne*pate\, Conepatl \Co"ne*patl\, n. [Mexican conepatl and epatl.] (Zo[94]l.) The skunk. | |
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Confated \Con*fat"ed\, p.a. Fated or decreed with something else. [R.] --A. Tucker. | |
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Confeder \Con*fed"er\ (k[ocr]n*f[ecr]d"[etil]r), v. i. [Cf. F. conf[82]d[82]rer. See {Confederate}.] To confederate. [Obs.] --Sir T. North. | |
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Confederacy \Con*fed"er*a*cy\, n.; pl. {Confederacies}. [From {Confederate}, a.] 1. A league or compact between two or more persons, bodies of men, or states, for mutual support or common action; alliance. The friendships of the world are oft Confederacies in vice or leagues of pleasure. --Addison. He hath heard of our confederacy. --Shak. Virginia promoted a confederacy. --Bancroft. 2. The persons, bodies, states, or nations united by a league; a confederation. The Grecian common wealth, . . . the most heroic confederacy that ever existed. --Harris. Virgil has a whole confederacy against him. --Dryden. 3. (Law) A combination of two or more persons to commit an unlawful act, or to do a lawful act by unlawful means. See {Conspiracy}. Syn: League; compact; alliance; association; union; combination; confederation. | |
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Confederacy \Con*fed"er*a*cy\, n. (Amer. Hist.) With the, the Confederate States of America. | |
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Confederacy \Con*fed"er*a*cy\, n.; pl. {Confederacies}. [From {Confederate}, a.] 1. A league or compact between two or more persons, bodies of men, or states, for mutual support or common action; alliance. The friendships of the world are oft Confederacies in vice or leagues of pleasure. --Addison. He hath heard of our confederacy. --Shak. Virginia promoted a confederacy. --Bancroft. 2. The persons, bodies, states, or nations united by a league; a confederation. The Grecian common wealth, . . . the most heroic confederacy that ever existed. --Harris. Virgil has a whole confederacy against him. --Dryden. 3. (Law) A combination of two or more persons to commit an unlawful act, or to do a lawful act by unlawful means. See {Conspiracy}. Syn: League; compact; alliance; association; union; combination; confederation. | |
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Confederate \Con*fed"er*ate\, n. 1. One who is united with others in a league; a person or a nation engaged in a confederacy; an ally; also, an accomplice in a bad sense. He found some of his confederates in gaol. --Macaulay. 2. (Amer. Hist.) A name designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865). | |
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Confederate \Con*fed"er*ate\, a. [L. confoederatus, p. p. of confoederare to join by a league; con- + foederare to establish by treaty or league, fr. foedus league, compact. See {Federal}.] 1. United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied. All the swords In Italy, and her confederate arms, Could not have made this peace. --Shak. 2. (Amer. Hist.) Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven Southern States of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to establish an independent nation styled the Confederate States of America; as, the Confederate congress; Confederate money. | |
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Confederate \Con*fed"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confederated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confederating}.] To unite in a league or confederacy; to ally. With these the Piercies them confederate. --Daniel. | |
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Confederate \Con*fed"er*ate\, v. i. To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or covenant; to band together. By words men . . . covenant and confederate. --South. | |
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Confederate \Con*fed"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confederated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confederating}.] To unite in a league or confederacy; to ally. With these the Piercies them confederate. --Daniel. | |
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Confederater \Con*fed"er*a`ter\, n. A confederate. | |
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Confederate \Con*fed"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confederated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confederating}.] To unite in a league or confederacy; to ally. With these the Piercies them confederate. --Daniel. | |
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Confederation \Con*fed`er*a"tion\, n. [L. confoederatio: cf. F. conf[82]d[82]ration.] 1. The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance, particularly of princes, nations, or states. The three princes enter into some strict league and confederation among themselves. --Bacon. This was no less than a political confederation of the colonies of New England. --Palfrey. 2. The parties that are confederated, considered as a unit; a confederacy. {Articles of confederation}. See under {Article}. | |
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Confederative \Con*fed"er*a*tive\ (? [or] ?), a. Of or pertaining to a confederation. | |
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Confederator \Con*fed"er*a`tor\, n. A confederate. --Grafton. | |
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Confidant \Con`fi*dant"\; 277), n. masc., Confidante \Con`fi*dante"\ (?; 277), n. fem.[F. confident, confidente, formerly also spelt confidant, confidante. See {Confide}, and cf. {Confident}.] One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom friend. You love me for no other end Than to become my confidant and friend; As such I keep no secret from your sight. --Dryden. | |
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Confidant \Con`fi*dant"\; 277), n. masc., Confidante \Con`fi*dante"\ (?; 277), n. fem.[F. confident, confidente, formerly also spelt confidant, confidante. See {Confide}, and cf. {Confident}.] One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom friend. You love me for no other end Than to become my confidant and friend; As such I keep no secret from your sight. --Dryden. | |
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Confide \Con*fide"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Confided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confiding}.] [L. confidere; con- + fidere to trust. See {Faith}, and cf. {Affiance}.] To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; -- usually followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers. By thy command I rise or fall, In thy protection I confide. --Byron. Judge before friendships, then confide till death. --Young. | |
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Confide \Con*fide"\, v. t. To intrust; to give in charge; to commit to one's keeping; -- followed by to. Congress may . . . confide to the Circuit jurisdiction of all offenses against the United States. --Story. | |
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Confide \Con*fide"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Confided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confiding}.] [L. confidere; con- + fidere to trust. See {Faith}, and cf. {Affiance}.] To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; -- usually followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers. By thy command I rise or fall, In thy protection I confide. --Byron. Judge before friendships, then confide till death. --Young. | |
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Confidence \Con"fi*dence\, n. [L. confidentia firm trust in, self-confidence: cf. F. confidence.] 1. The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in. Society is built upon trust, and trust upon confidence of one another's integrity. --South. A cheerful confidence in the mercy of God. --Macaulay. 2. That in which faith is put or reliance had. The Lord shall be thy confidence. --Prov. iii. 26. 3. The state of mind characterized by one's reliance on himself, or his circumstances; a feeling of self-sufficiency; such assurance as leads to a feeling of security; self-reliance; -- often with self prefixed. Your wisdom is consumed in confidence; Do not go forth to-day. --Shak. But confidence then bore thee on secure Either to meet no danger, or to find Matter of glorious trial. --Milton. 4. Private conversation; (pl.) secrets shared; as, there were confidences between them. Sir, I desire some confidence with you. --Shak. {Confidence game}, any swindling operation in which advantage is taken of the confidence reposed by the victim in the swindler. {Confidence man}, a swindler. {To take into one's confidence}, to admit to a knowledge of one's feelings, purposes, or affairs. Syn: Trust; assurance; expectation; hope. I am confident that very much be done. --Boyle. 2. Trustful; without fear or suspicion; frank; unreserved. Be confident to speak, Northumberland; We three are but thyself. --Shak. 3. Having self-reliance; bold; undaunted. As confident as is the falcon's flight Against a bird, do I with Mowbray fight. --Shak. 4. Having an excess of assurance; bold to a fault; dogmatical; impudent; presumptuous. The fool rageth and is confident. --Prov. xiv. 16. 5. Giving occasion for confidence. [R.] The cause was more confident than the event was prosperious. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Game \Game\, n. [OE. game, gamen, AS. gamen, gomen, play, sport; akin to OS., OHG., & Icel. gaman, Dan. gammen mirth, merriment, OSw. gamman joy. Cf. {Gammon} a game, {Backgammon}, {Gamble} v. i.] 1. Sport of any kind; jest, frolic. We have had pastimes here, and pleasant game. --Shak. 2. A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc. But war's a game, which, were their subject wise, Kings would not play at. --Cowper. Note: Among the ancients, especially the Greeks and Romans, there were regularly recurring public exhibitions of strength, agility, and skill under the patronage of the government, usually accompanied with religious ceremonies. Such were the Olympic, the Pythian, the Nemean, and the Isthmian games. 3. The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards. Talk the game o'er between the deal. --Lloyd. 4. That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short whist five points are game. 5. (Card Playing) In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest. 6. A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or purpose; method of procedure; projected line of operations; plan; project. Your murderous game is nearly up. --Blackw. Mag. It was obviously Lord Macaulay's game to blacken the greatest literary champion of the cause he had set himself to attack. --Saintsbury. 7. Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen; wild meats designed for, or served at, table. Those species of animals . . . distinguished from the rest by the well-known appellation of game. --Blackstone. {Confidence game}. See under {Confidence}. {To make game of}, to make sport of; to mock. --Milton. | |
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Confidence \Con"fi*dence\, n. [L. confidentia firm trust in, self-confidence: cf. F. confidence.] 1. The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in. Society is built upon trust, and trust upon confidence of one another's integrity. --South. A cheerful confidence in the mercy of God. --Macaulay. 2. That in which faith is put or reliance had. The Lord shall be thy confidence. --Prov. iii. 26. 3. The state of mind characterized by one's reliance on himself, or his circumstances; a feeling of self-sufficiency; such assurance as leads to a feeling of security; self-reliance; -- often with self prefixed. Your wisdom is consumed in confidence; Do not go forth to-day. --Shak. But confidence then bore thee on secure Either to meet no danger, or to find Matter of glorious trial. --Milton. 4. Private conversation; (pl.) secrets shared; as, there were confidences between them. Sir, I desire some confidence with you. --Shak. {Confidence game}, any swindling operation in which advantage is taken of the confidence reposed by the victim in the swindler. {Confidence man}, a swindler. {To take into one's confidence}, to admit to a knowledge of one's feelings, purposes, or affairs. Syn: Trust; assurance; expectation; hope. I am confident that very much be done. --Boyle. 2. Trustful; without fear or suspicion; frank; unreserved. Be confident to speak, Northumberland; We three are but thyself. --Shak. 3. Having self-reliance; bold; undaunted. As confident as is the falcon's flight Against a bird, do I with Mowbray fight. --Shak. 4. Having an excess of assurance; bold to a fault; dogmatical; impudent; presumptuous. The fool rageth and is confident. --Prov. xiv. 16. 5. Giving occasion for confidence. [R.] The cause was more confident than the event was prosperious. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Confidence \Con"fi*dence\, n. [L. confidentia firm trust in, self-confidence: cf. F. confidence.] 1. The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in. Society is built upon trust, and trust upon confidence of one another's integrity. --South. A cheerful confidence in the mercy of God. --Macaulay. 2. That in which faith is put or reliance had. The Lord shall be thy confidence. --Prov. iii. 26. 3. The state of mind characterized by one's reliance on himself, or his circumstances; a feeling of self-sufficiency; such assurance as leads to a feeling of security; self-reliance; -- often with self prefixed. Your wisdom is consumed in confidence; Do not go forth to-day. --Shak. But confidence then bore thee on secure Either to meet no danger, or to find Matter of glorious trial. --Milton. 4. Private conversation; (pl.) secrets shared; as, there were confidences between them. Sir, I desire some confidence with you. --Shak. {Confidence game}, any swindling operation in which advantage is taken of the confidence reposed by the victim in the swindler. {Confidence man}, a swindler. {To take into one's confidence}, to admit to a knowledge of one's feelings, purposes, or affairs. Syn: Trust; assurance; expectation; hope. I am confident that very much be done. --Boyle. 2. Trustful; without fear or suspicion; frank; unreserved. Be confident to speak, Northumberland; We three are but thyself. --Shak. 3. Having self-reliance; bold; undaunted. As confident as is the falcon's flight Against a bird, do I with Mowbray fight. --Shak. 4. Having an excess of assurance; bold to a fault; dogmatical; impudent; presumptuous. The fool rageth and is confident. --Prov. xiv. 16. 5. Giving occasion for confidence. [R.] The cause was more confident than the event was prosperious. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Confident \Con"fi*dent\, n. See {Confidant}. --South. Dryden. | |
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Confidential \Con`fi*den"tial\, a. [Cf. F. confidentiel.] 1. Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk. 2. Communicated in confidence; secret. [bd]Confidential messages.[b8] --Burke. {Confidential communication} (Law) See {Privileged communication}, under {Privileged}. {Confidential creditors}, those whose claims are of such a character that they are entitled to be paid before other creditors. {Confidential debts}, debts incurred for borrowed money, and regarded as having a claim to be paid before other debts. --McElrath. | |
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Confidential \Con`fi*den"tial\, a. [Cf. F. confidentiel.] 1. Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk. 2. Communicated in confidence; secret. [bd]Confidential messages.[b8] --Burke. {Confidential communication} (Law) See {Privileged communication}, under {Privileged}. {Confidential creditors}, those whose claims are of such a character that they are entitled to be paid before other creditors. {Confidential debts}, debts incurred for borrowed money, and regarded as having a claim to be paid before other debts. --McElrath. | |
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Confidential \Con`fi*den"tial\, a. [Cf. F. confidentiel.] 1. Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk. 2. Communicated in confidence; secret. [bd]Confidential messages.[b8] --Burke. {Confidential communication} (Law) See {Privileged communication}, under {Privileged}. {Confidential creditors}, those whose claims are of such a character that they are entitled to be paid before other creditors. {Confidential debts}, debts incurred for borrowed money, and regarded as having a claim to be paid before other debts. --McElrath. | |
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Confidential \Con`fi*den"tial\, a. [Cf. F. confidentiel.] 1. Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk. 2. Communicated in confidence; secret. [bd]Confidential messages.[b8] --Burke. {Confidential communication} (Law) See {Privileged communication}, under {Privileged}. {Confidential creditors}, those whose claims are of such a character that they are entitled to be paid before other creditors. {Confidential debts}, debts incurred for borrowed money, and regarded as having a claim to be paid before other debts. --McElrath. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Confidentially \Con`fi*den"tial*ly\, adv. In confidence; in reliance on secrecy. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Confidently \Con"fi*dent*ly\, adv. With confidence; with strong assurance; positively. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Confidentness \Con"fi*dent*ness\, n. The quality of being confident. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Confider \Con*fid"er\, n. One who confides. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Confide \Con*fide"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Confided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confiding}.] [L. confidere; con- + fidere to trust. See {Faith}, and cf. {Affiance}.] To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; -- usually followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers. By thy command I rise or fall, In thy protection I confide. --Byron. Judge before friendships, then confide till death. --Young. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Confiding \Con*fid"ing\, a. That confides; trustful; unsuspicious. -- {Con*fid"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Con*fid"ing*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Confiding \Con*fid"ing\, a. That confides; trustful; unsuspicious. -- {Con*fid"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Con*fid"ing*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Confiding \Con*fid"ing\, a. That confides; trustful; unsuspicious. -- {Con*fid"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Con*fid"ing*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Confit \Con"fit\, n. Same as {Comfit}. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Confitent \Con"fi*tent\, n. [L. confitens, p. pr.] One who confesses his sins and faults. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Confiture \Con"fi*ture\ (?; 135), n. [F. See {Confiture}.] Composition; preparation, as of a drug, or confection; a sweetmeat. [Obs.] [bd]Confitures and pies.[b8] --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Confutable \Con*fut"a*ble\, a. That may be confuted. A conceit . . . confutable by daily experience. --Sir T.Browne. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Confutant \Con*fut"ant\, n. [L. confutans, p. pr. of confutare.] One who undertakes to confute. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Confutation \Con`fu*ta"tion\, n. [L. confutatio: cf. F. confutation.] The act or process of confuting; refutation. [bd]For the edification of some and the confutation of others.[b8] --Bp. Horne. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Confutative \Con*fut"a*tive\, a. Adapted or designed to confute. --Bp. Warburton | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Confute \Con*fute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confuting}.] [L. confutare to chek (a boiling liquid), to repress, confute; con- + a root seen in futis a water vessel), prob. akin to fundere to pour: cf. F. confuter. See {Fuse} to melt.] To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence. Satan stood . . . confuted and convinced Of his weak arguing fallacious drift. --Milton. No man's error can be confuted who doth not . . . grant some true principle that contradicts his error. --Chillingworth. I confute a good profession with a bad conversation. --Fuller. Syn: To disprove; overthrow; sed aside; refute; oppugn. Usage: To {Confute}, {Refute.} Refute is literally to and decisive evidence; as, to refute a calumny, charge, etc. Confute is literally to check boiling, as when cold water is poured into hot, thus serving to allay, bring down, or neutralize completely. Hence, as applied to arguments (and the word is never applied, like refute, to charges), it denotes, to overwhelm by evidence which puts an end to the case and leaves an opponent nothing to say; to silence; as, [bd]the atheist is confuted by the whole structure of things around him.[b8] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Confute \Con*fute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confuting}.] [L. confutare to chek (a boiling liquid), to repress, confute; con- + a root seen in futis a water vessel), prob. akin to fundere to pour: cf. F. confuter. See {Fuse} to melt.] To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence. Satan stood . . . confuted and convinced Of his weak arguing fallacious drift. --Milton. No man's error can be confuted who doth not . . . grant some true principle that contradicts his error. --Chillingworth. I confute a good profession with a bad conversation. --Fuller. Syn: To disprove; overthrow; sed aside; refute; oppugn. Usage: To {Confute}, {Refute.} Refute is literally to and decisive evidence; as, to refute a calumny, charge, etc. Confute is literally to check boiling, as when cold water is poured into hot, thus serving to allay, bring down, or neutralize completely. Hence, as applied to arguments (and the word is never applied, like refute, to charges), it denotes, to overwhelm by evidence which puts an end to the case and leaves an opponent nothing to say; to silence; as, [bd]the atheist is confuted by the whole structure of things around him.[b8] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Confutement \Con*fute"ment\, n. Confutation. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Confuter \Con*fut"er\, n. One who confutes or disproves. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Confute \Con*fute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confuting}.] [L. confutare to chek (a boiling liquid), to repress, confute; con- + a root seen in futis a water vessel), prob. akin to fundere to pour: cf. F. confuter. See {Fuse} to melt.] To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence. Satan stood . . . confuted and convinced Of his weak arguing fallacious drift. --Milton. No man's error can be confuted who doth not . . . grant some true principle that contradicts his error. --Chillingworth. I confute a good profession with a bad conversation. --Fuller. Syn: To disprove; overthrow; sed aside; refute; oppugn. Usage: To {Confute}, {Refute.} Refute is literally to and decisive evidence; as, to refute a calumny, charge, etc. Confute is literally to check boiling, as when cold water is poured into hot, thus serving to allay, bring down, or neutralize completely. Hence, as applied to arguments (and the word is never applied, like refute, to charges), it denotes, to overwhelm by evidence which puts an end to the case and leaves an opponent nothing to say; to silence; as, [bd]the atheist is confuted by the whole structure of things around him.[b8] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Connive \Con*nive"\ (k[ocr]n*n[imac]v"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Connived} (-n[imac]vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Conniving}.] [L. connivere to shut the eyes, connive, fr. con- + (perh.) a word akin to nicere to beckon, nictare to wink.] 1. To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink. [Obs.] The artist is to teach them how to nod judiciously, and to connive with either eye. --Spectator. 2. To close the eyes upon a fault; to wink (at); to fail or forbear by intention to discover an act; to permit a proceeding, as if not aware of it; -- usually followed by at. To connive at what it does not approve. --Jer. Taylor. In many of these, the directors were heartily concurring; in most of them, they were encouraging, and sometimes commanding; in all they were conniving. --Burke. The government thought it expedient, occasionally, to connive at the violation of this rule. --Macaulay. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Convey \Con*vey"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conveyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conveying}.] [OF. conveir, convoier, to escort, convoy, F. convoyer, LL. conviare, fr. L. con- + via way. See {Viaduct}, {Voyage}, and cf. {Convoy}.] 1. To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport. I will convey them by sea in fleats. --1 Kings v. 9. Convey me to my bed, then to my grave. --Shak. 2. To cause to pass from one place or person to another; to serve as a medium in carrying (anything) from one place or person to another; to transmit; as, air conveys sound; words convey ideas. 3. To transfer or deliver to another; to make over, as property; more strictly (Law), to transfer (real estate) or pass (a title to real estate) by a sealed writing. The Earl of Desmond . . . secretly conveyed all his lands to feoffees in trust. --Spenser. 4. To impart or communicate; as, to convey an impression; to convey information. Men fill one another's heads with noise and sound, but convey not thereby their thoughts. --Locke. 5. To manage with privacy; to carry out. [Obs.] I . . . will convey the business as I shall find means. --Shak. 6. To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve. [Obs.] 7. To accompany; to convoy. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Syn: To carry; transport; bear; transmit; trnsfer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Convoy \Con*voy"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Convoyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Convoying}.] [F. convoyer, OF. conveier, convoier. See {Convey}.] To accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attend for protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman. I know ye skillful to convoy The total freight of hope and joy. --Emerson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cyanopathy \Cy`a*nop"a*thy\ (-n?p"?-th?), n. [Gr. ky`anos a dark blue substance + pa`qos affection.] (Med.) A disease in which the body is colored blue in its surface, arising usually from a malformation of the heart, which causes an imperfect arterialization of the blood; blue jaundice. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Camp Dennison, OH Zip code(s): 45111 | |
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Camp Dix, KY Zip code(s): 41127 | |
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Camp Douglas, WI (village, FIPS 12350) Location: 43.91891 N, 90.26891 W Population (1990): 512 (242 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Camp Wood, TX (city, FIPS 12388) Location: 29.66886 N, 100.01130 W Population (1990): 595 (271 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78833 | |
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Campti, LA (town, FIPS 12280) Location: 31.89789 N, 93.11501 W Population (1990): 929 (390 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71411 | |
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Campton, KY (city, FIPS 12358) Location: 37.73515 N, 83.54733 W Population (1990): 484 (232 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Camptonville, CA Zip code(s): 95922 | |
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Comptche, CA Zip code(s): 95427 | |
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Compton, AR Zip code(s): 72624 Compton, CA (city, FIPS 15044) Location: 33.89255 N, 118.22653 W Population (1990): 90454 (23239 housing units) Area: 26.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Compton, IL (village, FIPS 15989) Location: 41.69419 N, 89.08592 W Population (1990): 343 (132 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61318 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
computer confetti n. Syn. {chad}. Though this term is common, this use of punched-card chad is not a good idea, as the pieces are stiff and have sharp corners that could injure the eyes. GLS reports that he once attended a wedding at MIT during which he and a few other guests enthusiastically threw chad instead of rice. The groom later grumbled that he and his bride had spent most of the evening trying to get the stuff out of their hair. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
computer geek n. 1. One who eats (computer) bugs for a living. One who fulfills all the dreariest negative stereotypes about hackers: an asocial, malodorous, pasty-faced monomaniac with all the personality of a cheese grater. Cannot be used by outsiders without implied insult to all hackers; compare black-on-black vs. white-on-black usage of `nigger'. A computer geek may be either a fundamentally clueless individual or a proto-hacker in {larval stage}. Also called `turbo nerd', `turbo geek'. See also {propeller head}, {clustergeeking}, {geek out}, {wannabee}, {terminal junkie}, {spod}, {weenie}. 2. Some self-described computer geeks use this term in a positive sense and protest sense 1 (this seems to have been a post-1990 development). For one such argument, see `http://www.darkwater.com/omni/geek.html'. See also {geek code}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
computron /kom'pyoo-tron`/ n. 1. [common] A notional unit of computing power combining instruction speed and storage capacity, dimensioned roughly in instructions-per-second times megabytes-of-main-store times megabytes-of-mass-storage. "That machine can't run GNU Emacs, it doesn't have enough computrons!" This usage is usually found in metaphors that treat computing power as a fungible commodity good, like a crop yield or diesel horsepower. See {bitty box}, {Get a real computer!}, {toy}, {crank}. 2. A mythical subatomic particle that bears the unit quantity of computation or information, in much the same way that an electron bears one unit of electric charge (see also {bogon}). An elaborate pseudo-scientific theory of computrons has been developed based on the physical fact that the molecules in a solid object move more rapidly as it is heated. It is argued that an object melts because the molecules have lost their information about where they are supposed to be (that is, they have emitted computrons). This explains why computers get so hot and require air conditioning; they use up computrons. Conversely, it should be possible to cool down an object by placing it in the path of a computron beam. It is believed that this may also explain why machines that work at the factory fail in the computer room: the computrons there have been all used up by the other hardware. (The popularity of this theory probably owes something to the "Warlock" stories by Larry Niven, the best known being "What Good is a Glass Dagger?", in which magic is fueled by an exhaustible natural resource called `mana'.) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
compatibility {compatible} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
compatible {protocols}, even {programming languages}) that can work together or exchange data are said to be compatible. See also {backward compatible}, {forward compatible}. (1998-01-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Compatible Timesharing System experiments in the design of interactive {time-sharing} {operating systems}. CTSS was ancestral to {Multics}, {Unix}, and {ITS}. It was developed at the {MIT} Computation Center by a team led by Fernando J. Corbato. CTSS ran on a modified {IBM 7094} with a second 32K-word bank of memory, using two {2301 drums} for swapping. {Remote access} was provided to up to 30 users via an {IBM 7750} {communications controller} connected to {dial-up} {modems}. The name {ITS} (Incompatible {time-sharing} System) was a hack on CTSS, meant both as a joke and to express some basic differences in philosophy about the way I/O services should be presented to user programs. (1997-01-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Competitive Access Provider provides network links between the customer and the {IntereXchange Carrier} or even directly to the {Internet Service Provider}. CAPs operate private networks independent of {Local Exchange Carriers}. ["Getting Connected The Internet at 56k and Up", Kevin Dowd, First Edition, p. 49, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., June 1996, ISBN 1-56592-154-2 (US), ISBN 1-56592-203-4 (international)]. (1997-07-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
computability theory concerning what problems can be solved by any computer. A function is computable if an {algorithm} can be implemented which will give the correct output for any valid input. Since computer programs are {countable} but {real numbers} are not, it follows that there must exist real numbers that cannot be calculated by any program. Unfortunately, by definition, there isn't an easy way of describing any of them! In fact, there are many tasks (not just calculating real numbers) that computers cannot perform. The most well-known is the {halting problem}, the {busy beaver} problem is less famous but just as fascinating. ["Computability", N.J. Cutland. (A well written undergraduate-level introduction to the subject)]. ["The Turing Omnibus", A.K. Dewdeney]. (1995-01-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
computable {computability theory} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Computational Adequacy Theorem This states that for any program (a non-function typed term in the {typed lambda-calculus} with constants) {normal order reduction} (outermost first) fails to terminate if and only if the {standard semantics} of the term is {bottom}. Moreover, if the reduction of program e1 terminates with some {head normal form} e2 then the standard semantics of e1 and e2 will be equal. This theorem is significant because it relates the operational notion of a reduction sequence and the {denotational semantics} of the input and output of a reduction sequence. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
computational complexity required to solve a computational problem. One of the three kinds of {complexity}. (1996-04-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
computational geometry topological, and metric problems concerning sets of points, typically in {Euclidean space}. Representative areas of research include geometric search, convexity, proximity, intersection, and {linear programming}. (1997-08-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
computational learning {grammatical inference} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
COMpute ParallEL ["A Language Design for Concurrent Processes", L.G. Tesler et al, Proc SJCC 32:403-408, AFIPS (Spring 1968)]. (1995-01-19) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
compute server parallel processors have no I/O except via a bus or other connection to a {front-end processor} which handles all I/O to disks, {terminals} and network. In some antiquated {IBM} {mainframe}s, a second CPU was provided that could not access I/O devices, known as the slave or attached processor, while the CPU having access to all devices was known as the master processor. (1995-03-19) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Computer (1995-03-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
computer symbols. Computers can perform complex and repetitive procedures quickly, precisely and reliably and can quickly store and retrieve large amounts of data. The physical components from which a computer is constructed (electronic circuits and input/output devices) are known as "{hardware}". Most computers have four types of hardware component: CPU, input, output and memory. The CPU ({central processing unit}) executes programs ("{software}") which tell the computer what to do. Input and output (I/O) devices allow the computer to communicate with the user and the outside world. There are several kinds of memory - fast, expensive, short term memory (e.g. {RAM}) to hold intermediate results, and slower, cheaper, long-term memory (e.g. {magnetic disk} and {magnetic tape}) to hold programs and data between jobs. See also {analogue computer}. (1995-03-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Computer (1995-03-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
computer symbols. Computers can perform complex and repetitive procedures quickly, precisely and reliably and can quickly store and retrieve large amounts of data. The physical components from which a computer is constructed (electronic circuits and input/output devices) are known as "{hardware}". Most computers have four types of hardware component: CPU, input, output and memory. The CPU ({central processing unit}) executes programs ("{software}") which tell the computer what to do. Input and output (I/O) devices allow the computer to communicate with the user and the outside world. There are several kinds of memory - fast, expensive, short term memory (e.g. {RAM}) to hold intermediate results, and slower, cheaper, long-term memory (e.g. {magnetic disk} and {magnetic tape}) to hold programs and data between jobs. See also {analogue computer}. (1995-03-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Computer + Science NETwork (CSNET) The networking organisation which combined with {BITNET} to form {CREN}. (1994-11-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Computer Aided Design or physical layout steps of engineering design. Often found in the phrase "CAD/CAM" for ".. manufacturing". (1994-11-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Computer Aided Engineering of engineering design work. Like {computer aided design}, but also involving the conceptual and analytical design steps. [Does it include manufacturing? Example systems?] (1994-10-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Computer Aided Software Engineering computers to help with one or more phases of the {software life-cycle}, including the systematic analysis, design, implementation and maintenance of software. Adopting the CASE approach to building and maintaining systems involves software tools and training for the developers who will use them. (1996-05-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Computer Animation Movie Language ["A Computer Animation Movie Language for Educational Motion Pictures", D.D. Weiner et al, Proc FJCC 33(2), AFIPS (Fall 1968)]. (1994-11-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Computer Associates International, Inc. 1976. CA have purchased many other software companies, including {Spectrum Software, Inc.}, {Cheyenne Software}, {Platinum Technology, Inc.}, {ASK Corporation}. They produce a number of popular software packages, including {Unicenter TNG} and {Ingres}. They had an {Initial Public Offering} in 1981 valued at more than US$3.2M, had more than US$6B in revenue in 2000, and employ more than 17,000 people. {Home (http://www.ca.com/)}. (20002-04-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Computer Compiler Proposed language for compiler design. [Sammet 1969, p. 695]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
computer confetti {chad}, which, however, does not make good confetti, as the pieces are stiff and have sharp corners that could injure the eyes. {GLS} reports that he once attended a wedding at {MIT} during which he and a few other guests enthusiastically threw chad instead of rice. The groom later grumbled that he and his bride had spent most of the evening trying to get the stuff out of their hair. [{Jargon File}] (2001-06-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Computer Conservation Society (CCS) A specialist group of the {British Computer Society}. See also {Bletchley Park}. (1994-11-17) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
computer crime See also {computer ethics}, {software law}. (1997-07-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Computer Design Language An {ALGOL}-like language for computer design. ["An ALGOL-like Computer Design Language", Y. Chu, CACM 8(10) (Oct 1965)]. (1994-11-17) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
computer dictionary {Free On-line Dictionary of Computing} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Computer Emergency Response Team November 1988 in response to the needs exhibited during the {Internet worm} incident. The CERT charter is to work with the {Internet} community to facilitate its response to computer security events involving Internet {hosts}, to take proactive steps to raise the community's awareness of computer security issues and to conduct research targeted at improving the security of existing systems. CERT products and services include 24-hour technical assistance for responding to computer security incidents, product vulnerability assistance, technical documents and tutorials. {(ftp://cert.org)}. E-mail: Telephone +1 (412) 268 7090 (24-hour hotline). (2000-07-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
computer ethics with questions of value, that is, judgments about what human behaviour is "good" or "bad". Ethical judgments are no different in the area of computing from those in any other area. Computers raise problems of privacy, ownership, theft, and power, to name but a few. Computer ethics can be grounded in one of four basic world-views: Idealism, Realism, Pragmatism, or Existentialism. Idealists believe that reality is basically ideas and that ethics therefore involves conforming to ideals. Realists believe that reality is basically nature and that ethics therefore involves acting according to what is natural. Pragmatists believe that reality is not fixed but is in process and that ethics therefore is practical (that is, concerned with what will produce socially-desired results). Existentialists believe reality is self-defined and that ethics therefore is individual (that is, concerned only with one's own conscience). Idealism and Realism can be considered ABSOLUTIST worldviews because they are based on something fixed (that is, ideas or nature, respectively). Pragmatism and Existentialism can be considered RELATIVIST worldviews because they are based or something relational (that is, society or the individual, respectively). Thus ethical judgments will vary, depending on the judge's world-view. Some examples: First consider theft. Suppose a university's computer is used for sending an e-mail message to a friend or for conducting a full-blown private business (billing, payroll, inventory, etc.). The absolutist would say that both activities are unethical (while recognising a difference in the amount of wrong being done). A relativist might say that the latter activities were wrong because they tied up too much memory and slowed down the machine, but the e-mail message wasn't wrong because it had no significant effect on operations. Next consider privacy. An instructor uses her account to acquire the cumulative grade point average of a student who is in a class which she instructs. She obtained the password for this restricted information from someone in the Records Office who erroneously thought that she was the student's advisor. The absolutist would probably say that the instructor acted wrongly, since the only person who is entitled to this information is the student and his or her advisor. The relativist would probably ask why the instructor wanted the information. If she replied that she wanted it to be sure that her grading of the student was consistent with the student's overall academic performance record, the relativist might agree that such use was acceptable. Finally, consider power. At a particular university, if a professor wants a computer account, all she or he need do is request one but a student must obtain faculty sponsorship in order to receive an account. An absolutist (because of a proclivity for hierarchical thinking) might not have a problem with this divergence in procedure. A relativist, on the other hand, might question what makes the two situations essentially different (e.g. are faculty assumed to have more need for computers than students? Are students more likely to cause problems than faculty? Is this a hold-over from the days of "in loco parentis"?). {"Philosophical Bases of Computer Ethics", Professor Robert N. Barger (http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/metaethics.html)}. {Usenet} newsgroups: {news:bit.listserv.ethics-l}, {news:alt.soc.ethics}. (1995-10-25) | |
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computer geek (computer) {bugs} for a living. One who fulfils all the dreariest negative stereotypes about {hackers}: an asocial, malodourous, pasty-faced monomaniac with all the personality of a cheese grater. The term cannot be used by outsiders without implied insult to all {hackers}; compare black-on-black usage of "nigger". A computer geek may be either a fundamentally clueless individual or a proto-hacker in {larval stage}. See also {Alpha Geek}, {propeller head}, {clustergeeking}, {geek out}, {wannabee}, {terminal junkie}, {spod}, {weenie}. [{Jargon File}] (1997-06-26) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Computer Generation Incorporated integrator. {Home (http://www.compgen.com/)}. E-mail: Paul G. Smith Telephone: +1 (404) 705 2800 Address: Bldg. G, 4th Floor, 5775 Peachtree-Dunwoody Rd., Atlanta, GA 30342, USA. (1997-02-11) | |
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Computer Graphics Metafile storage and communication of graphical information, widely used on {personal computers} and accepted by {desktop publishing} and technical illustration systems. {MIME type}: image/cgm. {ANSI}/{ISO} 8632-1987. Worked on by the {ISO}/{IEC} group {JTC1/SC24}. {CGM Open Consortium (http://www.cgmopen.org/)}. See also: {WebCGM}. (1999-02-16) | |
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Computer Integrated Manufacturing {(http://www.dmtf.org/)}. [Summary?] (2003-06-07) | |
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computer language {programming language} | |
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computer law those concerning the sale of goods. Communication law is more relevant to the {Internet}, it has to do with media issues in general, e.g. free speech. (1994-12-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
computer literacy perspective of such skill being a necessary societal skill. The term was coined by Andrew Molnar, while director of the Office of Computing Activities at the {National Science Foundation}. "We started computer literacy in '72 [...] We coined that phrase. It's sort of ironic. Nobody knows what computer literacy is. Nobody can define it. And the reason we selected [it] was because nobody could define it, and [...] it was a broad enough term that you could get all of these programs together under one roof" (cited in Aspray, W., (September 25, 1991) "Interview with Andrew Molnar," OH 234. Center for the History of Information Processing, Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota). The term, as a coinage, is similar to earlier coinages, such as "visual literacy", which {Merriam-Webster (http://www.m-w.com/)} dates to 1971, and the more recent "media literacy". (1998-09-07) | |
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Computer Management Group of Australia (CMGA) [Summary?] {CMGA Home (http://journal.cmga.org.au)}. (2003-06-15) | |
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Computer Mediated Communication is facilitated by, computers. Examples include {Usenet} and {e-mail}, but CMC also covers real-time {chat} tools like {lily (http://www.lily.org/)}, {IRC}, and even {video conferencing}. (1996-11-26) | |
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computer nerd {computer geek} | |
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computer network {network} | |
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Computer Output to Laser Disk generated) reports on optical media such that sections are accessible as individual documents. A successor technology to "COM" (Computer Output on Microfilm). In 1999 the AIIM renamed COLD to ERM/COLD (Enterprise Report Management), to better reflect the changes and improvements this technology has undergone throughout the years. An example application is {PearlDoc QuickFile Information Management System (http://www.pearldoc.com/)} (IMS). (2001-04-30) | |
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Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) A non-profit organisation whose mission is to provide the public and policymakers with realistic assessments of the power, promise and problems of {Information Technology} and the effects of computers on society. CPSR is supported by its membership and has chapters throughout the USA. CPSR sponsors conferences such as our Annual Meeting, Directions and Implications in Advanced Computing (DIAC), the Participatory Design Conference (PDC) and the Computers, Freedom and Privacy (CFP) conference. {Home (http://www.cpsr.org/home)}. (1994-11-30) | |
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computer program {software} | |
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computer security {security} | |
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computer sex (1996-02-22) | |
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Computer Software Configuration Item request is requesting to be changed. (2000-09-06) | |
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Computer Supported Cooperative Work to support groups of people working together on a project, often at different sites. See also {Lotus Notes}. (1994-11-30) | |
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Computer Telephone Integration to know about and control telephony functions such as making and receiving voice, {fax}, and data calls, telephone directory services, and {caller identification}. The integration of telephone and computer systems and is a major development in the evolution of the automated office. CTI is not a new concept - such links have been used in the past in large telephone networks - but only dedicated call centres could justify the costs of the required equipment installation. Primary telephone service providers are now beginning to offer information services such as {Automatic Number Identification} and {Dialled Number Identification Service} on a scale wide enough for its implementation to bring real value to business or residential telephone usage. A new generation of applications ({middleware}) is being developed as a result of standardisation and availability of low cost computer-telephony links. This can link {personal computers} with telephones and/or a local area server with a {PBX}. Leading telephony and {software} vendors such as {AT&T}, {British Telecom}, {IBM}, {Novell}, {Microsoft} and {Intel} are developing better telephony services and capabilities which should eventually enable low cost CTI. The main {CTI} functions are integrating {messaging} with {databases}, {word processors} etc.; controlling voice, {fax}, and {e-mail} messaging systems from a single {application program}; graphical call control - using a {graphical user interface} to perform functions such as making and receiving calls, forwarding and conferencing; call and {data} association - provision of information about the caller from databases or other applications automatically before the call is answered or transferred; {speech synthesis} and {speech recognition}; automatic logging of call related information for invoicing purposes or callback. Typical productivity benefits are improved customer service; increased productivity; reduced costs; enhanced workflow automation; protected investment in computers and telephony; computerised telephony intelligence. IBM were one of the first with workable CTI, now sold as "CallPath". {Callware}'s {Phonetastic} is typical of the new breed of {middleware}. CTI came out of the 1980s call centre boom, where it linked central servers and {IVR}s with {PBX}es to provide call transfer and {screen popping}. In the 1990s, efforts were made by several vendors, such as IBM, Novell {TSAPI} and Microsoft {TAPI}, to provide a desktop version that would allow control of a desktop telephone and assist in {hot desking}. Desktop CTI was made obsolete by the mobile phone revolution, e-mail and, above all, {VoIP}, and CTI has never advanced outside the call centre. See also {Telephony Application Programming Interface}. (2003-12-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Computer Telephony {Computer Telephone Integration} | |
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Computer Telephony Integration {Computer Telephone Integration} | |
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computer virus {virus} | |
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computer vision A branch of {artificial intelligence} and {image processing} concerned with computer processing of images from the real world. Computer vision typically requires a combination of low level {image processing} to enhance the image quality (e.g. remove noise, increase contrast) and higher level {pattern recognition} and {image understanding} to recognise features present in the image. {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.ai.vision}. (1994-11-30) | |
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Computer-Aided Instruction The use of (personal) computers for education and training. (1995-04-13) | |
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Computer-Aided Learning {Computer-Aided Instruction} | |
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Computer-Aided Software Testing phases of the {software life-cycle}. (1996-05-10) | |
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Computer-Assisted Learning {Computer-Aided Instruction} | |
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Computer-Assisted Software Engineering {Computer-Aided Software Engineering} | |
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Computer-Based Training with a computer. The programs and data used in CBT are known as "courseware." (1995-03-13) | |
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computer-generated imagery used in film or television. (1998-10-13) | |
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computing {computer} | |
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Computing Devices Canada Ltd. has extensive {hardware} and {software} developmental capabilities. Its list of achievements includes: direct and indirect fire control {systems}, vehicle electronics, reconnaissance vehicle surveillance systems, computerised laser sight for anti-tank weapons, tactical {communication systems}, headquarters information distribution system, tactical voice and distribution systems, acoustic signal processing, ASW mission systems, sonobuoy {processors}, active sonar systems, towed array sonar systems, tactical acoustic trainer, {Mil-Spec} {electroluminiscent displays}, large multi-sensor displays, coastal intrusion detection systems, and fibre-optic distribution systems. Computing Devices Canada was founded in 1948 and is part of the Ceridian group of companies, owned 100% by the Minneapolis-based company. Annual revenue for 1996 was $376 million. (1997-07-31) | |
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computron /kom'pyoo-tron"/ 1. A notional unit of computing power combining instruction speed and storage capacity, dimensioned roughly in instructions-per-second times megabytes-of-main-store times megabytes-of-mass-storage. "That machine can't run GNU Emacs, it doesn't have enough computrons!" This usage is usually found in metaphors that treat computing power as a fungible commodity good, like a crop yield or diesel horsepower. See {bitty box}, {Get a real computer!}, {toy}, {crank}. 2. A mythical subatomic particle that bears the unit quantity of computation or information, in much the same way that an electron bears one unit of electric charge (see also {bogon}). An elaborate pseudo-scientific theory of computrons has been developed based on the physical fact that the molecules in a solid object move more rapidly as it is heated. It is argued that an object melts because the molecules have lost their information about where they are supposed to be (that is, they have emitted computrons). This explains why computers get so hot and require air conditioning; they use up computrons. Conversely, it should be possible to cool down an object by placing it in the path of a computron beam. It is believed that this may also explain why machines that work at the factory fail in the computer room: the computrons there have been all used up by the other hardware. (This theory probably owes something to the "Warlock" stories by Larry Niven, the best known being "What Good is a Glass Dagger?", in which magic is fuelled by an exhaustible natural resource called "mana".) [{Jargon File}] | |
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confidence test within certain ranges according to the expected probability distribution. (1997-10-27) | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Cambodia Cambodia:Geography Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand and Vietnam Map references: Southeast Asia Area: total area: 181,040 sq km land area: 176,520 sq km comparative area: slightly smaller than Oklahoma Land boundaries: total 2,572 km, Laos 541 km, Thailand 803 km, Vietnam 1,228 km Coastline: 443 km Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 nm continental shelf: 200 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: offshore islands and sections of the boundary with Vietnam are in dispute; maritime boundary with Vietnam not defined; parts of border with Thailand in dispute; maritime boundary with Thailand not clearly defined Climate: tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to November); dry season (December to April); little seasonal temperature variation Terrain: mostly low, flat plains; mountains in southwest and north Natural resources: timber, gemstones, some iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential Land use: arable land: 16% permanent crops: 1% meadows and pastures: 3% forest and woodland: 76% other: 4% Irrigated land: 920 sq km (1989 est.) Environment: current issues: logging activities throughout the country and strip mining for gems in the western region along the border with Thailand are resulting in habitat loss and declining biodiversity (in particular, destruction of mangrove swamps threatens natural fisheries); deforestation; soil erosion; in rural areas, a majority of the population does not have access to potable water natural hazards: monsoonal rains (June to November); flooding; occasional droughts international agreements: party to - Marine Life Conservation, Ship Pollution; signed, but not ratified - Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping Note: a land of paddies and forests dominated by the Mekong River and Tonle Sap Cambodia:People Population: 10,561,373 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 46% (female 2,367,414; male 2,438,104) 15-64 years: 51% (female 2,932,788; male 2,494,203) 65 years and over: 3% (female 185,337; male 143,527) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 2.83% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 44.42 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 16.16 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 109.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 49.46 years male: 48 years female: 51 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 5.81 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Cambodian(s) adjective: Cambodian Ethnic divisions: Khmer 90%, Vietnamese 5%, Chinese 1%, other 4% Religions: Theravada Buddhism 95%, other 5% Languages: Khmer (official), French Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.) total population: 35% male: 48% female: 22% Labor force: 2.5 million to 3 million by occupation: agriculture 80% (1988 est.) Cambodia:Government Names: conventional long form: Kingdom of Cambodia conventional short form: Cambodia local long form: Reacheanachak Kampuchea local short form: Kampuchea Digraph: CB Type: multiparty liberal democracy under a constitutional monarchy established in September 1993 Capital: Phnom Penh Administrative divisions: 21 provinces (khet, singular and plural); Banteay Meanchey, Batdambang, Kampong Cham, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Spoe, Kampong Thum, Kampot, Kandal, Kaoh Kong, Kracheh, Mondol Kiri, Phnum Penh, Pouthisat, Preah Vihear, Prey Veng, Rotanokiri, Siemreab-Otdar Meanchey, Sihanoukville, Stoeng Treng, Svay Rieng, Takev note: Siemreab-Otdar Meanchey may have been divided into two provinces named Siemreab and Otdar Meanchey Independence: 9 November 1949 (from France) National holiday: Independence Day, 9 November 1949 Constitution: promulgated September 1993 Legal system: currently being defined Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: King Norodom SIHANOUK (reinstated 24 September 1993) head of government: power shared between First Prime Minister Prince Norodom RANARIDDH and Second Prime Minister HUN SEN cabinet: Council of Ministers; elected by the National Assembly Legislative branch: unicameral; a 120-member constituent assembly based on proportional representation within each province was established following the UN-supervised election in May 1993; the constituent assembly was transformed into a legislature in September 1993 after delegates promulgated the constitution Judicial branch: Supreme Court provided for by the constitution has not yet been established and the future judicial system is yet to be defined by law Political parties and leaders: National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful, and Cooperative Cambodia (FUNCINPEC), Prince NORODOM RANARIDDH; Cambodian Pracheachon Party or Cambodian People's Party (CPP), CHEA SIM; Buddhist Liberal Democratic Party, SON SANN; Democratic Kampuchea (DK, also known as the Khmer Rouge), KHIEU SAMPHAN; Molinaka, PROM NEAKAREACH Member of: ACCT, AsDB, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT (nonsignatory user), INTERPOL, ITU, NAM, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WTO Diplomatic representation in US: Ambassador SISOWATH SIRIRATH represents Cambodia at the United Nations US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador Charles H. TWINING embassy: 27 EO Street 240, Phnom Penh mailing address: Box P, APO AP 96546 telephone: [855] (23) 26436, 26438 FAX: [855] (23) 26437 Flag: horizontal band of red separates two equal horizontal bands of blue with a white three-towered temple representing Angkor Wat in the center Economy Overview: The Cambodian economy - virtually destroyed by decades of war - is slowly recovering. Government leaders are moving toward restoring fiscal and monetary discipline and have established good working relations with international financial institutions. Growth, starting from a low base, has been strong in 1991-94. Despite such positive developments, the reconstruction effort faces many tough challenges because of the persistence of internal political divisions and the related lack of confidence of foreign investors. Rural Cambodia, where 90% of about 9.5 million Khmer live, remains mired in poverty. The almost total lack of basic infrastructure in the countryside will hinder development and will contribute to a growing imbalance in growth between urban and rural areas over the near term. Moreover, the government's lack of experience in administering economic and technical assistance programs and rampant corruption among officials will slow the growth of critical public sector investment. Inflation for 1994 as a whole was less than a quarter of the 1992 rate and was declining during the year. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $6.4 billion (1994 est.) National product real growth rate: 5% (1994 est.) National product per capita: $630 (1994 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 26%-30% (1994 est.) Unemployment rate: NA% Budget: revenues: $190 million expenditures: $365 million, including capital expenditures of $120 million (1994 est.) Exports: $283.6 million (f.o.b., 1993) commodities: timber, rubber, soybeans, sesame partners: Singapore, Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia Imports: $479.3 million (c.i.f., 1993) commodities: cigarettes, construction materials, petroleum products, machinery partners: Singapore, Vietnam, Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia External debt: $383 million to OECD members (1993) Industrial production: growth rate 7.9% (1993 est.); accounts for 8% of GDP Electricity: capacity: 40,000 kW production: 160 million kWh consumption per capita: 14 kWh (1993) Industries: rice milling, fishing, wood and wood products, rubber, cement, gem mining Agriculture: mainly subsistence farming except for rubber plantations; main crops - rice, rubber, corn; food shortages - rice, meat, vegetables, dairy products, sugar, flour Illicit drugs: increasingly used as a transshipment country for heroin produced in the Golden Triangle; growing money-laundering center; high-level narcotics-related corruption in government; possible small-scale heroin production; large producer of cannibis Economic aid: recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $725 million; Western (non-US countries) (1970-89), $300 million; Communist countries (1970-89), $1.8 billion; donor countries and multilateral institutions pledged $880 million in assistance in 1992; IMF pledged $120 million in aid for 1995-98 Currency: 1 new riel (CR) = 100 sen Exchange rates: riels (CR) per US$1 - 2,470 (December 1993), 2,800 (September 1992), 500 (December 1991), 560 (1990), 159.00 (1988), 100.00 (1987) Fiscal year: calendar year Cambodia:Transportation Railroads: total: 655 km narrow gauge: 655 km 1.000-m gauge Highways: total: 34,100 km (some roads in serious disrepair) paved: bituminous 3,000 km unpaved: crushed stone, gravel, or improved earth 3,100 km; unimproved earth 28,000 km Inland waterways: 3,700 km navigable all year to craft drawing 0.6 meters; 282 km navigable to craft drawing 1.8 meters Ports: Kampong Saom (Sihanoukville), Kampot, Krong Kaoh Kong, Phnom Penh Merchant marine: none Airports: total: 22 with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 3 with paved runways under 914 m: 2 with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 3 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 10 Cambodia:Communications Telephone system: NA telephones; service barely adequate for government requirements and virtually nonexistent for general public local: NA intercity: NA international: international service limited to Vietnam and other adjacent countries Radio: broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: 1 televisions: NA Cambodia:Defense Forces Branches: Khmer Royal Armed Forces (KRAF): created in 1993 by the merger of the Cambodian People's Armed Forces and the two non-Communist resistance armies; note - the KRAF is also known as the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) Resistance forces: National Army of Democratic Kampuchea (Khmer Rouge) Manpower availability: males age 15-49 2,255,050; males fit for military service 1,256,632; males reach military age (18) annually 70,707 (1995 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $85 million, 1.4% of GDP (1995 est.) |