connection, connexion (konekshon)

[Prop. connexion, connection being a false spell ing, like flection, deflection, inflection, reflection, after the supposed analogy of affection, dejection, etc., which, however, depend on verbs ( affect, deject, etc.) in which the t really belongs to the L. pp. and supine stem, whereas in connect, deflect, etc., it is a part of the present stem; My heart, which by a secret harmony Still moves with thine, join'd in connexion sweet. IMG:content-1092.png:[blocks in formation] But, pray, Mr. Premium, are you acquainted at all with any of my connexions? Sheridan , School for Scandal, iii. 3. Now she'll know what a deuce of a fellow she has slighted; she'll know she has put an affront upon a con nection of the Todworths! J. T. Trow bridge, Coupon Bonds, p. 74. 5. A circle of persons with whom one is brought into more or le intimate relation: as, a large busine connection; hence, any member of such a circle.-6. An a ociation or united body; a religious sect: as, the Methodist connection. It was a tolerably comfortable cla of the community, that dreadful connection. Mrs. Oliphant , Salem Chapel, ii. 7. A series or set of circumstances or notions; a number of related notions or matters under connive conner2 (kon'èr or kun'er), n. [Also conder;