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Show Lo art, that the leaft touch of a pencil will tranflate crying into a laughing face Wotton 3+ One which touches upon two differen regions _ The participles or confiners between plants ‘an living creatures are fuch as have no local motio fuch as oyfters Bac n 7 Conrr'nity n. [confinitas, Latin. Nearnefs ; neighbourhood ; contiguity Dicz 7% CONFI'RM «. a. [confirmo, Latin. 1. To put paft doubt by new evidence The teftimony of Chrift was confirmed in you 1 Cors 14 6 So was his wil Pronounc'd among the gods, and by an oath ‘Which fhook heav'n' whole circumference, con all the planets in their turn Confirm the tidings as they roll And fpread thetruth from pole to pole Addifon's Spectator What is prepared for in catechifing, i3, in th the child' undertaking i his ow Fernelius never cured a confirmed pox without it 4. Tocomplete Wifeman to perfeét He only liv'd but till he was a ma The which no fooner had his prowefs confirn'd But like 2 man he died Shakefpeare's Macheth 5. To ftrengthe by ne folemnitie ties o ‘That treaty, fo prejudicial, ought to have bee 6 remitted rather than confirmed Savift To fettle or firengthen in refolution, o purpofe, or opinion Ada Confirm'd then 1 refolve fhall thare with me in blifs or woe MMilton They in their ftate though firm, fteod more con Sfirm'd Believe and be confirm'd Milton Milton 7. To admit to the full privileges of Chriftian, by impofition of hands Thof whic are thu confirmed are thereb fuppofed to be fit for admifiion to the {acrament Hammond's Fundamentals Conr1'RMABLE. adj. [from confirm.] Tha which is capabl dence It ma of inconteftible evi receive a fpurious inmate, as is confirm able by many examples Brown's Vulgar Errours Conrirma'rion. # /. [from confirm. 1. The a&t of eftablithing any thing o perfon' fettlement ; eftablifhment Embrace and love this man,--- =---With brother's love 1 40 i e And let heav' Witnefs how dear I hold this confirmation Shakefpeare's Henry VIII 2. Evidence by which any thing is afcertained ; additional proof A. falfe report hat Honour'd with confirmation your great judgment 3. Proof convincing teftimony Wanting frequent confirmation in a matter f confirmable, their affirmation carrieth but flo perfuafion . Brown "The arguments brought by Chrift for the confrmation of his do€rine, were in themfelves fufficient South [configo, confixum, La ‘T'o fix down ; to faften bapti{m) as hi$ procurator to undertake for him but as a witnefs to teftify his entering this cbligaHammond on Fundamentals tion CoNFLA'GRANT. adj. [conflagrans, Lat. Burning together ; involved in a general fire ConrirmA'TOR. 7 f. [ from confirmo An attefter ; he that puts Latin. From the conflagrant mafs, purg'd and refin'd New heav'ns, new earth Milton's Payad; e Lofs There wants herein the definitive confirmator and teft of things uncertain, the fenfe of man Brown's Vulgar Errours CoNFi'RMATORY adj [fro confirm. blither an efta Be thefe fad fighs confirmers of thy words Then fpeak again Shake[peare's King Fobn The oath of a lover is no ftronger than the wor of a tapfter: they are both the confirmers of falf reckonings Shakefpeare deviatio thing Jifeus, which originally fignifieth a hamper, pannier, batket, or freil ; but metonymically the emperor's treafure, becaufe it was anciently kept in fuch hampers. Cowell.] To transfer private property to the prince or publick, by wa of penalty for an offence It was judged that he-fhould be banithed, an his whole eftate confifcated and feized, and hi houfes pulled down Bacon Whatever fith the vulgar fry excel Belong to Cefar, wherefoe'er they fwim By their own worth confifcated to him Diyden's Fuvenal Conri'scaTE. adj. [ from the verb. Transferred to the publick as forfeit The accent in Shake/peare is on the firf fyllable Thy lands and good Are, by the laws of Venice, confifcat " Unto the ftate of Venice. Shak. Merch. of Venice Th a . f. [from confifeate. of transferrin th forfeite goods of criminals to publick ufe It was in every man's eye, what great forfei confefling ; one who confefles his faults A wide difference there is between a meer con ftent and a true penitent Co'wriTURE 7 / Decay of Picty [French fro con JSeftura, Lat. A {weetmeat; a confection ; a comfit It is certain, that there be fome houfes wherei confitures and pies will gather mould more than i others Bacon of the fun an under Phaeton the conflagration of al Brown's Vulgar Errours Nex o'er the plains, where ripen'd harveft grow The running conflagration fpreads below Addifon's Ovid Mankind hath had a gradual increafe, notwithftanding what floods and conflagrations, and th religiou profeflion of celibacy rupted may have inter Bentley's Sermons z. 1t is generally taken for the fire whic fhall con{fume this world at the confum mation of things Conrra'rion. . /. [conflatum, Latin. 1. The a& of blowing many inftrument together Th Conri'scaBLE. adj. [from confifeate.] Liable to forfeiture Z0 CONFI'SCATE. w. a. [confifeare, conJfquery 1. e. in publicum addicere; fro [ conflagratio The opinion deriveth the complexion from th Confirmed ftate; radication. dence or ftrength; an attefter z f Latin. 1. A general fire {preading over a larg fpace Giving additional teftimony; eftablifhing with new force Conrisca'rion Then raif Conrragra'rion tures and cosfifcations he had at that prefent to hel Bacon's Henry Vi himfelf Shakefpeare The fea-captains anfwered, that they would per- | CO'NFITENT. n [[qqfin'flf, Lat- On form his command ; and, in confirmation thereof promifed not to do any thing which befeemed no valiant men Knolles's Hiftory Bacon A marble monument ! ,k.S‘}Jak. Meafure for Meafye not now (a§ i bringing fome godfather with him Shakefp. Hen. VI | CONFI'RMER. #, /. [from confirm.] On that confirms; one that produces evi to radicate @. a Sitt As this is true Let me in fafety raife me from my knees Or elfe for ever be confixed here part of the baptifmal vow (having firft approve himfelf to underftand it); and to that purpofe that he may more folemnly enter this obligation If the difficulty arife from the confirmednefs o habit, every refiftance weakens the habit, abate the difficulty Decay of Piety To fix tin. name, ever I confirm thee in the high priefthood, and ap 3 To Conri'x pratice of the apoftles, which confifts in two parts 2. To fettle ; to eflablith either perfons o point thee ruler 1 Mac: xi. 57 Confirm the crown to me and to mine heirs wines next place, performed by confirmation; a mofk profitable ufage of the church, tranfcribed from th ONFI'RMEDNESS. z /. [from confirmed. things We contain a confiture boufe, where we make ;fl, {wectmeats, dry and moift, and divers pleafan 4. An ecclefiaftical rite matter paft doubt Sfrm'd Milton Whiltt all the ftars that round her burn An c 0 C O. {weeteft harmony is, whe every part o inftrument is not heard by itfelf, but a cenfation o them all 2. A cafting or melting of metal Bacon CoNFLE'XURE. # /i [conflexura, Latin. A bending or turning 7 CONFLI'CT. @w. #. [confligo, Lat. To f{trive ; to conteft; to fight; t firuggle ; to contend; to encounter; t engage : properl one another b firiking againf Bare unhoufed trunks To the conflicting elements expos'd Anfwer meer nature Shakefpeare's Fimort You fhall hear under the earth a horrible thundering of fire and water conflicZing together Bacon's Natural Hifforg A man would be content to ftrive with hxmfe_lf and confliF with great difficulties, in hopes of 3 Tllotfor mighty reward Lafh'd into foam) the fierce confliding brin Seemis o'er a thoufand raging waves to burn Thomfon Co'NFrICT. 7. /. [confliéus, Latin] 1. A violent collifion, or oppofition, of tw fubftances Pour dephlegmed fpirit of vinegar upon falt o tartar and ther tion, as if ther bodies in nature will be fuch a conflié? or ebulliwer fcarce two mor z. A combat; a fight between two feldom ufed of a general battle contrar B‘]If It1 The lucklefs canflié with the giant ftouty Wherein captiv'd, of life or death he ftood i Spenfer doubt It is my father's face ‘Whom in this conffié I unawares have kill'd Shakefpeare 3. Conteft ; firife ; contention There is a kind of merry war betwixt figel Benedick and her: they never meet but there's fkirmith of wit between them:}'q-;la; !rheokglj o0 nothing by that. In our laft conflié, fou five wi%s wyent halting off Shakefpeart 4. Struggle |