Condition

kon-dish′un, n. state in which things exist: a particular manner of being: quality: rank, as 'a person of condition:' pre-requisite: temper: a term of a contract: proposal: arrangement: ( logic ) that which must precede the operation of a cause: ( law ) a provision that upon the occurrence of an uncertain event an obligation shall come into force, or shall cease, or that the obligation shall not come into force until a certain event.— v.i. to make terms.— v.t. to agree upon: to restrict, limit: to determine.— adj. Condi′tional , depending on conditions.— n. Conditional′ity .— adv. Condi′tionally .— v.t. Condi′tionate , to condition: to qualify.— adj. Condi′tioned , having a certain condition, state, or quality: circumstanced: depending: relative—the opposite of absolute .— Conditioning House , an establishment in which the true weight, length, and condition of articles of trade and commerce are determined scientifically—the first in England established at Bradford in 1891. [L. condicio , -nis , a compact (later false spelling conditio )— condicĕre — con , together, dicĕre , to say.]