confervæ

Plural of conferva, 2. conferval (kon-fėr'val), a. and n. [ II. n. A plant of the order Confervaceæ . confer vite (kon-fer'vit), n . [ Conferva + -ite2 .] A fo il plant, occurring chiefly in the Chalk formation, apparently allied to the aquatic species of Conferva . Page . confervogonidium (kon-fèr-vo-gō-nid'i-um), n.; pl. confervogonidia (-a). [NL., confervoid (kon-fèr'void), a. and n. [ II. n. An alga of the group Confervoidea . Confervoideæ (kon-fér-voi'de-ē), n . pl . [NL., Conferva + -oidea .] Same as Confervaceæ , but according to some older authors including other related groups. confe confe (kon-fes'), v.; pret. and pp. confe ed (formerly, and still sometimes, confest ), ppr. confe ing. [ fabula, tale, fable, fama, report, fame, fatum, fate: see fable, fame, fate. Cf. profe .] I. trans. 1. To make avowal or admi ion of, as of a fault, a crime, a charge, a debt, or something that is against one's interest or reputation; own; acknowledge; avow. Do you confe the bond? Shak., M. of V., iv. 1. What better can we do, than, to the place Repairing where he judged us, prostrate fall Before him reverent; and there confe Humbly our faults, and pardon beg? Milton , P. L., x. 1088. He that confe es his sin, and prays for pardon, hath punished his fault. Jer. Taylor. 2. Reflexively, to make an admi ion or an inculpatory statement concerning; acknowledge to be; specifically, acknowledge the sins or moral faults of, as in auricular confe ion to a priest: as, I confe myself in error or at fault. I beseech you, punish me not with your hard thoughts, wherein I confe me much guilty to deny so fair and excellent ladies anything. Shak., As you Like it, i. 2. He hath confe ed himself to Morgan, whom he supposes Shak., All's Well, iv. 3. to be a friar. IMG:content-1029.png:[blocks in formation] 5. To grant; admit; concede. If that the king Have any way your good deserts forgot, Which he confe eth to be manifold, He bids you name your griefs. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., iv. 3. You have the nobler soul, I must confe it, And are the greater master of your goodne . Fletcher, Pilgrim, iv. 2. 6. To reveal by circumstances; show by effect; disclose; prove; attest. [Poetical.] Nor more a Mortal, but her self appears: Her Face refulgent, and Majestick Mien, Confe 'd the Godde . Congreve , Hymn to Venus. Tall thriving trees confe 'd the fruitful mould. Pope, Ody ey. The lovely stranger stands confe ed A maid in all her charms. Goldsmith, The Hermit. =Syn. 1. Admit , Avow , etc. See acknowledge . II. in trans. 1. To make confe ion or avowal; disclose or admit a crime, fault, debt, etc. Bring me unto my trial when you will. Died he not in his bed? where should he die? Can I make men live, whe'r they will or no? O! torture me no more, I will confe . Shak ., 2 Hen. VI., iii. 3. 2. Eccles., to make known one's sins or the state of one's conscience to a priest. The mendicant priests of Buddha are bound to confe twice a month, at the new and full moon. J. F. Clarke, Ten Great Religions, I. iv. § 6. confe antt (kon-fes'ant), n. [F. confe ant, ppr. of confe er , confe : see confe and- ant1.j One who confe es to a priest. The confe ant kneels down before the priest sitting on a raised chair above him. IMG:content-1030.png:[blocks in formation] 1182