considerer (konsiderer)

One who considers or takes heed; an observer. [Rare.] He requireth a learned Reader, and a right considerer of him. Ascham, The Scholemaster, p. 154. They are not skilfull considerers of human things, who imagine to remove sin by removing the matter of sin. Milton, Areopagitica, p. 26. consideringly (kon-sid'er-ing-li), adv. With consideration or deliberation. consign (kon-sin'), v. [= D. konsigneren = G. consign i ren = Dan. konsignere = Sw. kon signer a, The primitive christians, who consigned all their affairs, and goods, and writings, with some marks of their Lord, usually writing, "Jesus Christ, the Son of God, our Saviour," made it an abbreviature by writing only the capitals. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 117. 2. To give, send, or commit; relegate; make over; deliver into the po e ion of another or into a different state, implying subsequent fixedne or permanence: sometimes with over: as, at death the body is consigned to the grave. Men, by free gift, consign over a place to the divine worship. South. Me to some churl in bargain he'll consign , And make some tyrant of the parish mine. Crabbe, Parish Register. Authoritative treatises are consigned to oblivion, ancient controversies cease, the whole store of learning hived up in many capacious memories becomes worthle . J. R. Seeley, Nat. Religion, p. 7. 3. To deliver or transfer, as a charge or trust; intrust; appoint. The four Evangelists consigned to writing that history. Add is on. She then consigned me to Luttrell, asking him to show me the grounds. Macaulay , Life and Letters, I. 196. 4. In com ., to transmit by carrier, in trust for sale or custody: usually implying agency in the consignee, but also used loosely of the act of transmitting by carrier to another for any purpose: as, the goods were consigned to the London agent. - 5. To put into a certain form or commit for permanent preservation.-6. Το set apart; appropriate; apply. The French commander consigned it to the use for which it was intended. Dryden, Ded. of Fables. =Syn. Intrust , Confide , etc. See commit . II.t in trans. 1. To submit; surrender one's self; yield. IMG:content-1113.png:[blocks in formation] consign at ary (kon-sig'na-ta-ri), n.; pl. consig nataries (-riz). [= F. consign at a ire = Sp. Pg. consign at a rio = It. consegnatario, IMG:content-1114.png:[blocks in formation] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary consignation 3. In Scots law, the depositing in the hands of a third person of a sum of money about which there is either a dispute or a competition.-4. In liturgics, the act of making the sign of the cro with one half of a consecrated oblate or host over the other, the first half having been previously dipped in the chalice. This rite is found in the Greek and Syriac liturgies of St. James, in the Coptic liturgy of St. Basil, in the Nestor i an liturgy of the Apostles, etc. consignatory (kon-signa-to-ri), n.; pl. consig natories (-riz). [