consciousness (scious as shus)

[Eng. conscious; -ne .] I. Ordinary Language: 1. In a strict sense: (1) Gen.: Internal feeling; the state of being aware of one's sensations. (2) Spec.: Internal, more or le remorsele , feeling of guilt, or pleasurable feeling of innocence. sciousne of weakne ." Froude: Hist. Eng . (1858), 2d ed., vol. iii., ch. xvii., p. 488. "The consciousne of wrong brought with it the con- 2. In a loose sense: Memory, remembrance. Consciousne may be followed by of [see 1 (2), ex.], or by a clause of a sentence introduced by that; or it may be reflexive. their consciousne to themselves of their ignorance of "Such ideas, no doubt, they would have had, had not them kept them from so idle an attempt."-Locke. state of being aware of one's own existence, cond i II. Mental Phil .: The power, faculty, or mental tion at the moment, thoughts, feelings, and actions. tuous diminutive of Eng., ., conscience , the suffix con-sci-un-cle (sci as shi), s . [A con temp imitated apparently from Lat. dim in. in unculus .] "Their rubrics are filled with punctilios, not for consciences but con sci uncles."- Hacket : Williams. enlist, to levy by conscription. *con-scribe', v. t. [Lat. conscribo.] To enroll, to "The armie (which was not small) was conscribed, and come together to Harflete,."-Hall: Edward IV., The Ninth Year. (Rich.)