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English Dictionary: condition	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
condition n a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" Synonym(s): condition, status an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else Synonym(s): condition, precondition, stipulation a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing; "the human condition" information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take" Synonym(s): circumstance, condition, consideration the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape') Synonym(s): condition, shape an illness, disease, or other medical problem; "a heart condition"; "a skin condition" (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement; "the contract set out the conditions of the lease"; "the terms of the treaty were generous" Synonym(s): condition, term the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition Synonym(s): condition, experimental condition v establish a conditioned response develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?" Synonym(s): discipline, train, check, condition specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement; "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments" Synonym(s): stipulate, qualify, condition, specify put into a better state; "he conditions old cars" apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny; "I condition my hair after washing it"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Condition \Condi"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. conditio (better condicio) agreement, compact, condition; con- + a root signifying to show, point out, akin to dicere to say, dicare to proclaim, dedicate. See {Teach}, {Token}.] 1. Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength, etc.; predicament; rank; position, estate. I am in my condition* A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king. --Shak. And O, what man's condition can be worse Than his whom plenty starves and blessings curse? --Cowley. The new conditions of life. --Darwin. 2. Essential quality; property; attribute. It seemed to us a condition and property of divine powers and beings to be hidden and unseen to others. --Bacon. 3. Temperament; disposition; character. [Obs.] The condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil. --Shak. 4. That which must exist as the occasion or concomitant of something else; that which is requisite in order that something else should take effect; an essential qualification; stipulation; terms specified. I had as lief take her dowry with this condition, to be whipped at the high cross every morning. --Shak. Many are apt to believe remission of sins, but they believe it without the condition of repentance. --Jer. Taylor. 5. (Law) A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligation; or, in case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or modify a devise or bequest. It is also the case of a future uncertain event, which may or may not happen, and on the occurrence or non-occurrence of which, the accomplishment, recission, or modification of an obligation or testamentary disposition is made to depend. --Blount. Tomlins. Bouvier. Wharton. {Equation of condition}. (Math.) See under {Equation}. {On [or] Upon} {condition} (that), used for if in introducing conditional sentences. [bd]Upon condition thou wilt swear to pay him tribute . . . thou shalt be placed as viceroy under him.[b8] --Shak. {Conditions of sale}, the terms on which it is proposed to sell property by auction; also, the instrument containing or expressing these terms. Syn: State; situation; circumstances; station; case; mode; plight; predicament; stipulation; qualification; requisite; article; provision; arrangement. See {State}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Condition \Condi"tion\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Conditioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conditioning}.] 1. To make terms; to stipulate. Pay me back my credit, And I'll condition* with ye. --Beau. & Fl. 2. (Metaph.) To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible. To think of a thing is to condition. --Sir W. Hamilton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Condition \Condi"tion\, v. t. [Cf. LL. conditionare. See {Condition}, n.] 1. To invest with, or limit by, conditions; to burden or qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as the condition* of. Seas, that daily gain upon the shore, Have ebb and flow conditioning their march. --Tennyson. 2. To contract; to stipulate; to agree. It was conditioned between Saturn and Titan, that Saturn should put to death all his male children. --Sir W. Raleigh. 3. (U. S. Colleges) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college; as, to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study. 4. To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains). --McElrath.