cond i tane oust (kondita neus)

[L. con ditaneus, suitable for pickling or preserving, It. condire = Sp. Pg. OF. condir), preserve, pickle, etc.: see condiment.] 1. Το prepare and preserve with sugar, salt, spices, or the like; season.. duit1. IMG:content-1007.png:[blocks in formation] The eulogy bestowed on Chaucer by Spenser's well-worn metaphor has not been quite unanimously recognized as condign. F. Hall, Mod. Eng., p. 10. ( b ) With reference to censure, punishment, or what is of the nature of punishment: the more common use. Speak what thou art, and how thou hast been us'd, That I may give him condign punishment. Beau, and Fl ., Knight of Burning Pestle, iii. 4. In an extant Bull he reproves the Archbishop of Glasgow and other prelates of Scotland, treats them as acting unworthily of their holy calling, and threatens them with condign censure. Milman , Latin Christianity, xi. 9.