casmothetIc

[Gr. kosmothetes =regulator of the world: kosmos = the world; thetes = one who places; tithemi to place; and Eng. suff. -ic.] Metaph . ( Of persons): Believing in the existence of matter, but at the same time denying that the external world has any existence except in our own mental conception. ( Sir Wm . Hamilton .) †co-so-vě-reign (g silent), s. [Pref. co=con, and Eng.sovereign v.).] A joint sovereign; one reigning jointly with another; a king or queen consort. "Sophia... was joined with them as regent, under the title of co-sovereign."--Brougham. co (1), s. [Ital. cos a a thing.] Only used in the phrase rule of co , an old term for algebra. (Digby.) [CoSSIC.]