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Show C Dié 3. He who confefles his crimes Conrg'sT. adj. [a poetical word for con known; acknowledged feffed.] Open n r p a e u f d n l e n c o " But wherefore fhould I feck fe co nd ft he au io fi pe th Sinc This villain has traduc'd me adv Conrg'sTLY Rowe's Royal Conw [from confeft.] Un clean.sh data import.tsv out README difputably; evidently ; without doubt o concealment They addrefs to that principle which is confeftl Decay of Piety predominant in our nature CoNFI'CIENT. adj. [ conficiens, Lat.] Tha Dié caufes or procures ; effective Co'NFIDANT. 7. /. [confident, French. " A perfon trufted with private affairs commonly with affairs of love Martin compofed his billet-doux, and intrufte Arbutbnot and Pope it to his confidant Yo CONFI'DE. w. . [confido, Latin.] T truft in 3 to put truft in He alone won't betray, in whom none will conCongreve fide Co'NFIDENCE. 7. /. [confidentia, Latin. 1. Fir belief of another's integrity o veracity reliance Society is built upon truft, and truft upon confidence of one another's integrity South 2. Truft in his own abilities or fortune fecurity : oppofed to dejection or timidity Alas, my lord »Your wifdom is confum'd in confidence Do not go ferth to-day His times bein Shakefp. Fulius Czfar rather profperous tha had raifed his confidence by fuccefs calm Bac. Hen. V1I He had an ambition and vanity, and a confidenc in himfelf, which fometimes intoxicated, and tranf Clarendon ported, and expofed him 3. Vitious boldnefs; falfe opinion of hi own excellencies: oppofed to modef?y Thefe fervent reprehenders of things eftablithe by publick authority, are always confident an bold-fpirited men; but their confidence, for th moft part, rifeth from too much credit given t their own wits, for whic _ free from errors caufe they are feldo Hooker, Dedication 4. Confcioufnefs of innocence ; honeft bold nels ; firmnefs of integrity Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then hav we confidence towards God. 1 Fobn, iil. 21 Be merciful vnto them which have not the confidence of good works 2 Efd. viii. 36 Juft confidence, and native righteouinefs And honour Milton's Paradife Loff . That which gives or caufes confidence boldnefs, or fecurity Co'NFIDENT. adj. [from confide. 1. Affured beyond doubt He is fo fure and confident of his particular election, as to refolve he can never fall Hammond on Fundamentals 1 am confident, that very much may be don towards the improvement of philofophy Boyle z, Pofitive; affirmative ; dogmatical : as a confident talker 3. Secure of fuccefs; without fear of mif carriage Both valiant, as men defpifing death; bot . confident, as unwonted to be overcome Sidney Douglas and the Hotfpur, both together Are confident againft the world in arms Shakefpeare's Henry 1V Be not confident in a plain way. Eccl. xxxii. 21 People forget how little they know, when the ., BXOW confident upon any prefent ftate of things South 4. Without fufpicion; trufting withou limits You. 1 Q Q *Twas ebbing darknefs, paft the noon of night He, true knight No lefier of her honour confident Than I did truly find ber, ftakes this ring Shakefpare's Cymbeline be as juft and gracious unto me Rome As I am confident and kind to thee Shakefpeare's Titus Andronicus 5. Bold to a vice; elated with falfe opinion of his own excellencies ; impudent Co'nriDENT. 7. /i [from confide.] On trufted with fecrets If ever it comes to' this, that a ma can fay o bis confident, he would have deceived me, he ha faid enough South You love me for no other end But to become my confident and friend As fuch, I keep no fecret from your fight Dryden's Aurengzebe Co'NFIDENTLY. adwv 1. Withou carriage doubt [from confident. withou fear of mif We fhall not be ever the lefs likely to mee with fuccefs, if we do not expest it too confidently Atterbury 2. With firm truft Th maid becomes a youth 5 no more dela Your vows, but look, and confidently pay Dryden 3. Without appearance of doubt; withou fufpe@ting any failure or deficiency pofitively; dogmatically Many men leaft of all know what they themBen Fonfon felves moft confidently boaft It is ftrange how the ancients took up experiments upon credit, and yet did build great matter upon them: the obfervation of fome of the bef of them, delivered confidently, is, that a veflel fille with athes will receive the like quantity of water a if it had been empty; this is utterly untrue. Bacon Every fool may believe, and pronounce confidently 5 but wife men will conclude firmly South Co'NFIDENTNESS, 7. f. [from confident. Favourable opinion of one's own powers; affurance Conricura'rion French. # Dia [configuration 1. The form of the various parts of an thing, as they are adapted to each other Th different effet of fir an water whic we call heat and cold, refult from the fo differin configuration and agitation of their particles Glanwille's Scepfis No other account can be given of the differen animal fecretions, than the different configuratio and action of the folid parts. Arbuthunot on Aliments There is no plaftick virtue concerned in thapin them, but the configurations of the particles whereo they confift Woodward 2. "The face of the horofcope, according t the afpeéts of the planets towards eac other at any time 70 Conv1'GURE. . a. [from figura, Latin.] To difpofe into any form, b adaptation Mother earth brought forth legs, arms, an other members of the body, fcattered and-diftin& at their full growth 3 which coming together, cementing, and {o configuring themfelves into huma thape, made lufty men Bentley's Sermons CO'NFINE #. /. [confinis, Lat Tt ha formerly the accent on thelaft fyllable. Common boundary ; border; edge Here in thefe confines flily have I lurk'd To watch the waining of mine enemies Shake[peare's Richard 111 You are old Nature in you ftands on the very verg Of her confine Shakefpeare's King Lear The confines of the river Niger, where the negroes are, are well watered Bacon And Phofphor on the confines of the light Dryden's Fables The idea of duration, equal to a revolution o the fun, is applicable to duration, where no motio was ; as the idea ofa foot, taken from bodies here to diftances beyond the confines of the world, wher Locke are no bodies Co'~rinE. adj. [confinis, Latin. Border territories Or regi ing upon; beginning where the othe ends ; having one common boundary 7o ConF1'NE. w. 2. To border upon; t on differen touc ons: it has awith or on Half loft, I fee What readieft path leads where your gloomy bound Miltow's Paradife Loff Confine with heav'n Full in the midft of this created fpace Betwix heav'n, earth plac Confining on all three and fkies, there ftands Dryden 7o ConFU'NE. V. a. [confiner, Fr. confinis Latin. as, he confines hi 1. To bound; to limit fubje& by a rigorous definition z. To fhut up ; to imprifon ; to immure to reftrain within certain limits T'll not over the threfhold. Fy, you confire yourfelf moft unreafonably come, you muft go vifit the good lady Shake[peare's Coriolanus T had bee As broad and gen'ral as the cafing ai But now I'm cabbin'd, cribb'd, confin''d, bound in. Shakefpeare 3. To reftrain ; to tie up to Children, permitted the freedom of both hands do oft times coxfine unto the left, and are not with out great difficulty reftrained from it Brown's Vulgar Errours Make one man's fancies, or failings, confinin laws to others, and convey them as fuch to thei Boyle {ucceeders Mhere honour or where confcience does no bind No other tie {hall thackle me Slave to myfelfI will not be Nor fhall my future aéions be confin' Cowley By my own prefent mind If th the mil He i bers, an gout continue, I confine myfelf wholly t diet Temple to confine himfelf to the compafs of numDryden the flavery of rhime ConF1'NELESS. 2dj. [from confine.] Boundlefs; unlimited ; unbounded; withou end Efteem him as a lamb, being compar' With my confinelefs harms. Shakefpeare's Machetb CONFI'NEMENT. 7. /. [from confine.] Imprifonment ; inc&réeration ; reftraint o liberty Our hidden foe Now joyful from their long confinement rofe Diryden's Virgil The mind hates reftraint, and is apt to fanc itfelf under confinement when the fight is pent up Addifor Q t th number wh people do not feem fo muc are unde furprife reftraint at the con finement of {fome, as the liberty of others Addifon. ConFi'NER. 2. /. [from confine. 1. A borderer; one that lives upon confines ; one that inhabit parts of a country th extrem The fenate hath &tirr'd up the confiners Shakefpeare's Cymbeline Happy confiners you of other lands Daniel's Civil War That fift your foil 2, A near neighbour Thoug gladnefs and grief be oppofite in na ture, yet they are fuch neighbours and confiners i art 3 |