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Show CO CO CO of epigram, and witticifms; all which are no tlous practices, which might well deferve the ani Iy below the dignity of heroick verfe, but con'::ax?,y to its natureg. %rydm's Fuwenal, Dedwa.non madverfion of our government. Addif. Frecholder A Heathen emperor faid, if the gods were of - Apt to conceive ; fruitful ; pregnant Saift able to vindicate themfelves Religion is no trifling concern, to be performe in any carelefs and fuperficial manner Rogers Cowcs'pr10vs. adj. [conceptum, Latin. Common mother Enfear thy fertile and conceptious womb Let it no more bring out to ingrateful man Shakefpeare's Timon Conce'eTivE. adj. [conceptum, Latin. Capable to conceive In hot climates, and where the uterine parts ex _geed in heat, by the coldnefs of this fimple the aay be reduced into a conceptive conftitution Brown's Pulgar Errours T» CONCERN. . a. [concerner, French concerno, low Latin. 1. To relate to ; to belong to Exclud the ufe of natural reafoning about th fenfe of holy fcripture, concerning the articles o our faith; and then, that the fcripture doth concern the articles of our faith, who can aflure us Hooker Count Claudio may hear peak of concerss him for what I woul Shakefpeare Gracious thing ' ‘Thou haft reveal'd; thofe chiefly which concer Juft Abraham, and his feed. = Milton's Par. L This place concerns not at all the dominion o Locke one brother over the other 2. To affe® with fome paffion ; to touc nearly ; to be of importance to "The caufe were known to them it moft concerns Shakefpeare Our wars with France have affeted us in ou tende interefts and concerned us more tha thofe with any other nation A4ddifon on the War 1t much concerns them not to fuffer the king t eftablifh his authority on this fide. Addifon on Italy The more the authority of any ftation in fociet -1s extended, the more it concerns publick happinef clean.sh data import.tsv out README that it be committed to men fearing God o Rogers's Sermotts 3. To intereft; to engage by intereft I knew a young negroe who was fick of th clean.sh data import.tsv out README fmall pox: I found by enquiry, at a perfon's concerned for him, that the little tumours left whitit fpecks behind them Boyle on Colours Above the reft two goddefles appear - Concern'd for each5 here Venus, Juno there Dryden's Aneid Providence, where it loves a nation, concern itfelf to own and affert the intereft of religion, b blafting the fpoilers of religious perfons and places South's Sermons ‘Whatever paft ations it cannot reconcile, o appropriate to that prefent felf by confcioufnefs, i can be no more concerned in than if they had neve "been done Locke They think themfelves out of the reach of pro"widence, and.no longer concerned to folicit his fayoure Rogers 4+ To difturb; to make uneafy ~_In one comprefling engine I fhut a fparrow without forcing any air in; and in an hour th bird began to pant, and be concerned than an hour and a half to be fick and in lef Derbam 5. Yo concern bimfelf. 'To intermeddle ; t _ be bufy Being a layman, I ought" not to have concerne myfelf with fpeculations which belong to the profeffion it wa their ow concern an they wer 2. Intereft ; engagement No plots th' alarm to his retirements give *Tis all mankind's concern that he fhould live Dryden When we fpeak of the conflagration of the world thefe have no concern in the queftion Burnet's Theory of the Earth 3. Importance ; moment Myfterious fecrets of a high concern And weighty truths, folid convincing fenfe Rofcommon Explain'd by unaffected eloquence The mind is ftunned- and dazzled amidft tha variety of objefts: fhe cannot apply herfelf t thofe things which are of the utmoft concern t her Addifon's Spectator 4. Paflion ; affetion; regard Ah, what concerns did both your fouls divide Your honour gave us what your love denied. Dryd O Marcia, let me hope thy kind concerns And gentle wifhes, follow me to battle - Wh Addifen's Cato all this concern for the poor? We wan them not, as the country is now managed : wher the plough has no work, one family can do th bufinefs of fifty Swift Conce'rRNEDLY adv [ from concern. Dryden - Concr'rn. 7. /. [from the verb. 1. Bufinefs; affair: confidered as relatin to fome one Let carly care thy main concerns fecure ‘Things of lefs moment may delays endure Denbam This manner of expofing the private concerns o ~families, and facrificing the fecrets of the] dead t thie curiofity of the living, is one of thofe licen They had more pofitively and concernedly wedde his caufe, than they were before underftood to hav done Clarendon ConCERNING. prep. [from comcern : thi word, originally a participle, has befor a noun the force of a prepofition.] Relating to; with relation to There is not any thing more fubjeé to errour than the true judgment concerning the power an forces of an eftate Bacon The ancients had no higher tecourfe than t nature, as may appear by a difcourfe concerning thi point in Strabo Brozun Non can demonftrate that there is fuc The great concernent of men is with men, on Locke amongft another 4. Importance ; moment I look upon experimental truths as matters o Boyle great concernment to mankind 5. Interpofition; regard; meddling He married a daughter to the carl, without an other approbation of her father, or concernment in With affetion ; with intereft I would no mof fended 3. Intercourfe ; bufinefs a ifland as Jamaica; yet, upon teftimony, I am fre from all doubt concerming it Tillotfony Preface CoNcE'RNMENT. 7. /. [from concern. 1. The thing in which we are concerne it, than fuffering him and her to come into hi prefence 6. Paflion Clarendon emotion of mind While they are fo cager to deftroy the fame o others, their ambition is manifeft in their concers Dryden ment If it carry with it the notiofi of fomething extraordinary, if apprehenfion and ‘concerninent accompany it, the idea is likely to fink the deepefe Locke 7o CONCE'RT. @. a. [¢oncerser, French from concertare, Latin, to prepare them felves for fome publick exhibition, o performance, by private encounters among themfelves. 1. To fettle any thing in private by mutual communication 2. To fettle; to contrive; to adjuft Mark how, already, in his working brain He forms the well-concerzed fcheme of mifchief Rowe Co'NcErT. 7. /. [from the verb. 1. Communication of defigns ; eftablifh ment of meafures among thofe who ar engaged in the {ame affair All thofe difcontents, how ruinous foever hav arifen from the want of a due communication an Saift concert 2. A fymphony ; many performers playing to the fame tune CoNCERTA'TION, . /. [concertatio, Lat. Strife ; contention CoNCE'RTATIVE. adj. [ concertativus Latin.] Contentious ; quarrelfome ; recriminating Diea CONCE'SSION. #. /. [conceffio, Latin. 1. The a& of granting or yielding The conceffion of thefe charters was in a parliamentary way. Hale's Common Law of England 2. A grant; the thing yielded or interefted; affair; bufinefs ; intereft 1 ftill counted myfelf undiminifhed by my largef conceffions, if by them I might gain the love of m Henceforth, nor too much difapprove my own Milton's Agonifies This fhews how ufeful you have been To bring the king's concernments in Hudibras people To mix with thy concernments 1 defif Yet when we're fick, the doétor's fetcht i haite Leaving our great concernment to the laft. Denbam ‘When my concernment takes up no more roo or compafs than myfelf, then, fo long asI kno where to breathe and to exift, I know alfo wher King Charles ‘When a lover becomes fatisfied by fmall com pliances, without further purfuits, then expe& t find popular aflfemblies content with {mall conce/ Jions Sawift Conce'ssioNary. adj. [from conceffion. Given by indulgence or allowance ConcE'sSIVELY adv. [from conceffior. South By way of conceflion ; as, yielding not controverting by affumption other men, but carelefs' and negligent of his own that man may be faid to be bufy, but he is no wife Tillotfon not controverting, but affuming the queftion which, taken as granted, advantaged the illation Brown's Vulgar Errours to be happy He that is wife in the affairs and concernsents of Our fpiritual interefts, and the great concernment of a future ftate, would deubtlefs recur often Arterbury Propofitions which extend only. to the prefen life, are fmall, compared with thofe that have in fluence upon our everlafting concernments 2. Relation ; influence Watts on the Mind Sir, tis of near concernment, and import No lefs than the king's life and honour Denbam's Sophy He juftly fears a peace with me would prov Of il concernment to his haughty love Dryden's Indian Emperor Some have written rhetarically and conceffively ConcH. 7 f fea-fhell H Th Add An [concha, Latin.] A fhell; furnifhes her clofet firft, and fills crowded thelves with farities of fhell orient pearls, which from the conchs he drew all the fparkling ftones of various hue Dryden's Fables Co'neHorp. 7. /. The name of a curve Cowci'rrar. adj. [concilium, Latin.] Relating to a council Having been framed by men of primitive impli city, in free and conciliar debates, without any am bitious regards Baker's RefleFions on Learning T |