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Show ¢CO chain of them confederate and linked togother, i muft need fiy to providence and deity Bacon . Oh race confed'rate into crimes, that prov Triumphant o'er th' eluded rage of Jove Pope's Statius In a confeaerate war, it ought to be confidere which party has the deepeft fhare in the quarrel Swift. Conre'pERATE 2. /i [from the verb. One who engage an ally to fupport another Sir Edmond Courtney, and the haughty prelate With many mote confederates, are in arms Shakefpeare's Richard 111 W ftill have freth recruits in ftore If our confederates can afford us more Dryden's Aneid Conrepera'TiON 2. [ confederation French. ] League ; compa {upport; alliance of mutua ‘I'he three princes enter into fome ftrict leagu and confederation amongft themfelves Bacon's Henry VII Nor can thofe confederations or defigns be durable when fubjeéts make bankrupt of their allegiance King Charles 9 CONFER. w. # [confero, Lat. conJerer, French.] To difcourfe with anoa ftated fubjet ; to ventilat ther upo clean.sh data import.tsv out README any queftion by oral difcuflion; to converfe folemnly ; to talk gravely together; to compare fentiments Yo wil hea us confer of this, an by an au ricular aflurance have your fatisfaétion Shakefpéare's King Lear Reading makes a full man, conference a read man, and writing an exat manj and therefore, i a man writl?ittle, he had need hav a great me mory; if He confer little, be had need have a prefent wit; and, if he read little, he had need hav znuch cunning, to feem to know that he doth not Bacon When they had commanded them to go afide ou ef the council, they conferred among themfelves Atsy iv. 15 He was thought to confer with the Lord Colepeper upon the fubject; but had fome particula thoughts, upon which he then cosferred with nobody Clarendon The Chriftian princefs in her tent confer With fifty of your learn'd philofophers Whom with fuch eloquence fhe does perfuade "That they are captives to her reafons made Dryden's Tyrannic Love CO CO CoNFER.. a 1. To compare ; to examine by comparifo with other things of the {fame kind The words in the eighth verfe, conferred wit the fame words in the twentieth, make it manifeft Raleigh fenfe, by way of introduion, er a, refting togethery doth much confer to the ftrengt of the union Glanville Co'NFERENCE. . affirmative form of fpeech [conference, French. I mutt confefs I was moft pleafed with a beautify 1. The a& of converfing on ferious fubjects 5 formal difcourfe ; oral difcuffio of any queftion profpect, that none of them have mentioned Boyle Pliny conferring his authors, and comparing thei works together, found thofe that went before tranBrown {cribed by thofe that followed 2. To give to beftow : wit oz befor him who receives the gift Reft to the limbs, and quiet I confe On troubled minds The canferrin wereafe the credi Coronation t zpon him . There is no Waller this honour #pon him would inhe had Clarendon a king, confers no royal authorit Soutb the leaft intimation in fcriptur of this privilege conferred upon the Roma church Tillotfo Tho them conferreft the benefits an he receive the firft produces love, and the laft: ingra titude Arbutbnot's Hiftory of fobn Bull 3+ To contribute 3 to conduce: with #o The clofenefs 2nd compadineds of -the part Addifim on Ila{y To Conre'ss. w.n. To make confeflion to difclofe ; to reveal: as, ke is guneg I fhall grow fkilfulin country matters, if I have the prieft to confefs often conference with your fervant Sidney Sometime they deliver it, whom privately zeal Conrr'ssepLy adv. [ from confyfel and piety moveth to be inftruétors of others b Avowedly ; indifputably ; undeniably conference; fometime of them it is taught, who Labour is confeffedly a great part o the church hath called to the public, either readin thereof, 3 or interpreting Wha Hooker pamo‘n hangs thefe weights wpon my tongue I cannot fpeak to her; yet fhe urg'd conference the curf and therefore no wonder if men fly fromit, Sy Gr reaf geniufes ‘ great minifters lik though t T thefieft in the Common:raealthgof‘ leet ters, muft be envied and calumniated Pope's Effay on Homey Shakefpearc z. An -appointed meeting for difcuflin fome point by perfonal debate 3. Comparifon; examination of differen Conre'ssion. z. /. [from confefs. 1. The acknowledgment of a crime; th Qur diligence muft fearch out all helps and fur giving one the torture, and then afking his ¢y difcovery of one's own guilt things by comparifon of each with other Your engaging me firft in this adventure of th Moxa, and defiring the ftory of it from me, is [ij therances, which fcriptures, councils, laws, an the mutual conference of all men's colletions an Hooker obfervations, may afford The conference of thefe two places, containing f 2. The a& of difburdening the confcienc to a prieft muft needs brin a confeffion, and fhould therefore fupply the wan excellent a piece of learning as this, exprefied b fo worth a wit as Tully's was on pleafure to hi learning ConFE'RRER that maket true account o Alfcham's Schoolmafter . /. [from J confer. 1. He that converfes | 2. He that beftows 70 CONFE'SS. w. a. [confeffery Fr. conJiteor, confeffum, Latin. 1. To acknowledge a crime to ow failure He doth in fome fort confifs its===If it be corJeffed it is not redrefled Shakefpeare's Merry Wivves of Windfor Human faults with human grief confefs Prior *Tis thou art chang'd z. It has of before the thing confefled when it is ufed reciprocally Confefs thee freely of thy fin For to deny each article with oath Cannot remove nor choke the ftrong conception Shakefpeare's Othello Temple feffiony which is halrd ufage You will have little opportunity to practife fic of it by a due performance of it to God Wake's Preparation for Death 3. Profeflion; avowal Who before Pontius Pilate, witneffed a goo confeffion 1 Time vie 1 If there be one amongft the fair'ft of Greece That loves his miftrefs more than in confeffiony And dare avow her beauty and her wort In other arms than hers ; to him this challenge Shake[peare 4. A formulary in which the articles o faith are comprifed Conre'ssionar. #. f. [French.] Th feat or box in which the confeflor fits t hear the declarations of his penitents In one of* the,l cl.lulrgges 1 dfdlw a plulpii_and coti ver ¢/fional S s finel inlai CoNFE'sSIONARY Fr. wit 7. lapis-lazuli R o8 D [confeffionaire The confeflion-chair or feat, wher confeflions. Did hea t fit pri f th 3. To difclofe the ftate of the confcienc [confeffeur, French. / n Co FE ss R to the prieft, in order to repentance an profeflion of his fait ma e wh On 1 pardon fo die wh H dan er o fac th i If our fin be only againft God, yet to confifs i to his minifter may be of good-ufe Wake's Preparation for Death 4. It is ufed with the reciprocal pronoun Our beautiful votary took the opportunity o confeffing berfclf to this celebrated father Addifon's Spectator S a penitent o confeffio th hea T 5 If we confer thefe obfervations with others of th prieft tike nature, we may find caufe to reétify the gene zal opinion 6. To own ; toavow ; to profefs ; not t deny Whofoever therefore fhall confe/s me before men him will I confifs alfo before my Father which is i heaven3 but whofoeve fhall deny me before men him will I alfo deny before my Father which is i Matts %, 325 3 heaven 7. 'To grant; not to difpute If that the kin Have any way your good deferts forgot Which he confeffeth to be manifold He bids you name your griefs Shakefpeare They may have a clear view of good, great an confeffed good, without being concerned, if they ca Lacke make up their bappinefs without it 8- 'To fhew to prove; to atteft Tall thriving trees confefs'd the fruitful mol The redd'ning apple ripens here to gold Pope's Odyfi 9- It ‘is ufed in a loofe and wnimportant religion, is a martyr; he who fuffers fo it, 1s a confeffor The do@rine in the thirty-nine articlesis fo or thodoxly fettled, as cannot be queftioned withou danger to our religion, which hath been feale with the blood of fo many martyrs and confeffirs r i l V t Bac Was not this an excellent confiffir at leaty i Stilling flect not a martyr, in this caufe mr o ty ma o ud ti fo an c ie The pa feffo li conceale Chriftianity in th flourifh!n times o Addifon's Speciater It was the affurance of a refurrection that gav patience to the confeffors and courage to th; ;;l; 2ers tyr ib fc pr g s o l e n c a h a t H 2 rules and meafures of penitence. ud Cl th Se Be executed by nine to-mox}':ow bn;orning '=d Bring him his confeffor, let him be prepards For tghat >s the ut'rfi{)ffi of his pilgrimage. Shakefp If you find any fin that lies heavy upOl; Yf‘: Y‘; f b th in i o l rf yo e difburt " .‘i ;', yo an G e t b nd ft w confeffor yo fo One muft be trufted; and he thoqgh.hhfl As paifing. prudent, and a parlous Wit | To this fagacious confeffor he went Aad told he of Bat Dryden's Wit J; H |