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Show CO CO Tity 3 as the throat is comprefled by a 6. Judgment; mental reprefentation bandage, and confringed by a cold It cannot m gs lu th in ei re f th i w ai T ferve to render their bodies equxpor_xdcrargt' to th m it o ti at di o io ic ff co th an t w the i defce o n c a t e t if af l proba Ray on the Crezftwn water CONSTRI'CTOR. #. /- [conftridtor, Latin. That which comprefles or contracts He fuppofed the confirictors of the eye-lids muf be ftrengthened in the fupercilious Avrbuthnot and Pepe's Mart. Scrib g [conftringo «@. a CONSTRI'NGE Lat.] To comprefs; to contract bind ; to force to contraét itfelf t The dreadful fpout , Shakgfpeare's Troilusand Creffida Strong liquors, efpecially inflammatory fpirits intoxicate, conffringe, harden the fibres, and coaArbuthnot gulate the fluids CoNSTRI'NGENT. adj. [confringens, Lat. Having the quality of binding or comprefling a dee well, or a confervatory of fnow where the cold may be more conftringent Bacon's Natural Hiftory Winter bind QOur ftrengthen'd bodies in a cold embrac Thomfon's Winter Confiringent 90 CONSTRUCT. w.a. [confiructus, Latin. 1. To build; to form; to compile; t conftitute. Let there be an admiration of thofe divine attri butes and prerogatives, for whofe manifefting h was pleafed to conftrué? this vaft fabrick Boyle's Ufefulnefs of Natural Philofophy 2. To form by the mind: as, he conftrucze anew fyftem CoxsTrU 'cTION. 2. [ [confruttio, Lat. 1. The a& of building, or pilingup ina regular method 2. The form of buil_ding; ftruture; con formation There s no ar To fhew the mind's conflruction in the face Shak The ways were made of feveral layers of fla ftones and flint: the confiruffion was a little various, according to the nature of the foil, or th materials which they found 3. [In grammar. Arbuthnot The putting of words duly chofen, together in fuch a manne as is proper to convey a complete fenfe Clarke's Latin Grammar Some particles conftantly, and others in certain confiruétions, have the fenfe of a whole fentenc contained in them Locke 4. The a& of arranging terms in the proper order, by difentangling tranfpofitions ; the at of interpreting ; explanation This label, whofe containin Is fo from fenfe in hardnefs, that I ca Make no colletion of it; let him fhe His (il in the confruétion . % Th tion fenfe - Shakefp. Cymbeline the meaning interpreta In which fenfe although we judge the apoftle' word to have bee uttered, yet hereunto we d not require them to yield, that think any othe corftruction more found Hooker . He that would live at eafe, fhould always put th bet conflruczion on bufinefs and converfation Collier on the Spleen Religion i it ow nature conffruc tions feem ftrange, or favour of fingularity, that w have examined this point. Brown's Pulg. Errours 7. The manner of defcribing a figure o problem in geometry 8. ConsTrUCTION of Eguations, in algebra, is the method of reducing equation into lines and figures know in order to a geometrical demonftration CoNSTRU'CTURE, 7z /. [from confiruét. Pile ; edifice ; fabrick They fhall the earth's conftruéture clofely bind And to the centre keep the parts confin'd Blackmore Ts CO'NSTRUE. . a. [confiruo, Latin. Which fhipmen do the hurricano call Conftring'd in mafs by the almighty fun Tr therefore, unte reafonabl produce goo 1. To range words in their natural order to difentangle tranfpofition T'll teach mine eyes, with meck humility Love-learned letters to her eyes to read Which ?er"deep wit, that true heart's thought ca Will foog c;ncelve, and learn to conflrue well Spenfer Confirue the times to their neceflities And you thall fay, indeed, it is the time And not the king, that doth you injuries Shakéfpeare's Henry IV 2. To interpret; to explain ; to fthew th meaning T muft crave thatI be not fo underftood or con frued coul as if an be don fuch thing withou th by virtue thereof aid an affiftanc o God's moft bleffed fpirit Hooker Virgil is fo very figurative, that he requires ( may almoft fay) a grammar apart to conftrue him Dryden Thus we are put to confirue and paraphrafe ou own words, to free ourfelves either from the igno rance or malice of our adverfaries Stilling fleet When the word is conffrued into its idea, th double meaning vanithes. Addif. on Ancient Medals To.CO'NSTUPRATE. «. a. [conflupro Lat.] To violate; to debauch; to defile Consturra‘rion. z [ [from conffurate.] Violation; defilement CONSUBSTA'NTIAL. adj. [confubfpantialis, Latin. 1. Having the fame eflence or fubfiftence The Lord our God is but one God: in whic indivifible unity, notwithftanding we adore th Father, as being altogether of himfelf, we glorif that confubffantial Word, which is the Son; w blefs and magnify that co-effential Spirit, eternall proceeding from both, which is the Holy Ghoft element, according to the Lutherans In the point of confubflantiation, toward the latte end of his life, he changed his mind. Aiterbury CO'NSUL. n. /. [conful, confulends, Latin. 1. The chief magiftrate in the Roma republick Or never be fo noble as a conful Nor yoke with him for tribune. Shak. Coriolanus Confuls of mod'rate power in calms wer¢ made When the Gauls came, one fole diftator fway'd Dryden 2. Anofficer commiffioned in foreign part to judge between the merchants of hi nation an prote& their commerce Co'NsuLar. adj. [confularis, Latin. 1. Relating to the conful The confular power had only the ornaments without the force, of the royal authority. Speffator 2, Consvra conful Marn One who had bee Rofe not the confular men, and left their places So foon as thou fat't down? Ben Fonfon's Cataline Co'NsuLATE. # [ [confulatys The office of conful Latin. His name and confulate were effaced out of al public regifters and infcriptions. Addifon on Italy Co'wnsursuip. # / office of conful [from conful. 'Th The patricians fhould do very ill To let the confulfbip be fo defil''d Ben Fonfon's Cataline The lovely boy, with his aufpicious face Shall Pollio's confulfpip and triumph grace. Dryd 7o CONSU'LT @. n. [confulto Latin. To take counfel together ; to deliberat in common : it has awith before the perfon admitted to confultation Every man After the hideous ftorm that follow'd, wa A thing infpir'd 5 and, not confulting, brok Into a general prophecy, that this tempeft Dafhing the garment of this peace, abode The fudden breach on °t fenate-houfe Shakefp. Henry VIIL wherei thre hundre twenty men fat confulting always for the people an 1 Mac. viiis 15 Confult not with the flothful for any work Eccluse xxxvil 2. Being of the fame kind or nature Hooker It continueth a body confubfiantial with our bodies ; a body of the fame, both nature and meafure which it had on earth In their conceits the huma Hooker nature of Chrif was not confubfiantial to ours, but of another kind Brerewood ConsUuBSTANTIA'LITY. 7 /. [from con Jubjftantial. 1. Exiftence of more than one, in th {fame fubftance The eternity of the Son's generation, and hi co-eternity and confubflantiality with the Father when he came down from heaven Hammand on Fundamentals 2. Participation of the fame nature 70 CoNSUBSTA'NTIATE. w. a. [from co and fubgantia, Lat.] To unite in on common fubftance or nature will towards men, and puts the mildeft conffruction ‘ConNsSUBSTANTIA'TION. 7 /. [from conJubftantiate.] The union of the hody o upon every accident that befals them Speczator You,. L our bleffed Saviour with the facramenta H fent for his bofom friends, with whom h moft confidentl to them ceive confulted and fhewed the pape the contents whereof he could not éonClarendon 7o Consv'LT. @. a 1. To afk advice of : as, 4e confulted Ai Sriends 5 to confult an author 2. To regard; to at with view or refpeé to We are, in the firft place, to confult'the neceffities of life, rather than matters of ornamen an delight L' Eftrange The fenate owes its gratitude to Cato Who with fo great a foul confults its {afety And guards our lives, while he negle&s his own 3. To plan Addifon to contrive Thou haft confulted tham to thy heufe b cutting off many people Hab. ii. 10 Many things were there confulted for the future yet nothing was pofitively refolved Clarendon Co'NsuLT. a f. [from the verb varioufly accented. 1. The at of confulting It i Yourfelf in perfon head one chofen half And march t* opprefs the faGtion in conful With dying Dorax Dryden's Don Sebaflian 2. 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