considerer

[Eng. consider; -er.] One who is given to consideration and reflection. côn-sid-er-ing, pr. par., a., s. & prep. or conf. [CONSIDER.] A. As pr . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adj .: Reflective, reasoning. ". yet after so long a tract of time, the Scripture must, by considering men, be confest to speak not only properly, but often politely and elegantly to the present age." Dr. H. More: Government of the Tongue , sec. ii, $12. C. As subst.: The act of taking into consideration; reflecting or seriously thinking; consideration. IMG:content-0678.png:[blocks in formation] consideration, meditation, or reflection. "Now I'll put on my considering cap."- Beaum . & Flet.: Loyal Subject. . ." ce = ē; ey = a. æ, = IMG:content-0679.png:[blocks in formation] By the cold moon have just consign'd The corpse of one, loved tenderly, (5) To yield, to give up, to surrender, to resign. "At last, The clouds consign their treasures to the fields." Thomson: Spring , 171-2. IMG:content-0680.png:[blocks in formation] a maid to consign to."-Shakesp.: Henry V., v. 2. 2. To yield, to submit, to give way. "All lovers young, all lovers must Consign to thee, and come to dust." "As the hope of salvation is a good disposition toward it, so is despair a certain consignation to eternal ruin."- Taylor . 4. A sign, indication, or mark. II. Technically : 1. Comm.: The act of consigning goods to an agent for sale or disposal; consignment. IMG:content-0681.png:[blocks in formation] II. Comm.: Intrusted or delivered to an agent for sale or disposal. (See extract under CONSIGNEE.) con-sign-ee' ( g silent), s. [Eng. consign : -ee.] sale or disposal; an agent, a factor. One to whom goods are intrusted or consigned for "Consigned goods are supposed in general to be the property of him by whom they are consigned (who is whom they are consigned, who is called the consignee." - called the consignor), but to be at the disposal of him to Mortimer: Commercial Dictionary. con-sign-er, con-sign-or ( g silent), s. [Eng. goods to another for sale or disposal. (See extract consign; -er, -or.] He who consigns or intrusts under CONSIGNEE.) significant (q. v.).] con-sig-nif-1-cant, a. & s. [Pref. con , and Eng. tion. A. As adj .: Having a joint or common significa- "But I find not one of those words or any con significant or equivalent to them, in all our Saxon laws."- Spelman : Of Feuds and Tenures, pt. ii., p. 7. IMG:content-0682.png:[blocks in formation] con-sign-ing (g silent), pr . par . , a. & 8. [CON. SIGN.] verb.) A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj .: (See the C. As subst. The act of intrusting goods to an- other for sale or disposal; consignment. côn-sign-ment (g silent), s. IMG:content-0683.png:[blocks in formation] received for sale, not nece arily upon trust or as 4. It is commonly used for a batch of goods by an agent. con-sil-i-ar-y, a . [Lat. cons i liar i us , from con- silium.] Having the character of a counsel. consilio = to leap together: con-sil'-I-ençe, s. [Lat. cons i liens , pr. par. of con = cum = with, ring or coinciding; coincidence. together, and salio to leap.] The act of concur- silience of inductions."-Herschel: Astron ., 3d ed. (1850), "This is what Dr. Whewell expre ively terms the con- p. 4, note. *con-si-mi-lar, a . [Pref. con , and Eng. similar (q. v.).] Having a common likene . *con-si-mi-lar-y, a. Similar, having like qualities or appearance. [Eng. consimilar; -y] "The flood consimilary ducts receive, the Editor has ventured to add a Second Part, consisting of a kind of cento ."-Scott: Thomas the Rhymer. 5. To be comprised of, to be contained, to depend (Followed by in.) "If their purgation did consist in words." IMG:content-0684.png:[blocks in formation] "Nigh founder'd on he fares, Treading the crude consistence , half on foot, Half flying." Milton: P. L. , bk. ii. 6. A degree of densene or rarity. "Let the expre ed juices be boiled into the consistence IMG:content-0685.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0686.jpg:[blocks in formation] "By the means of which they gripe all, devour all, con- skite all, burn all."- Rabelais , bk. v., ch. xi. căn-sō-bri-nal, a. [As if from a Lat. con so- brinalis.] Pertaining to a cousin; having the rela- ch. vii.) tion of a cousin. (J. Hannay : Singleton , bk. iv., con-sō-ci-ate (ci as shí), s. [Lat. con soc i at us , pa. par. of consocio: con cum =with, together, and socio =to join, to a ociate.] An a ociate, a con- federate, an accomplice. "Partridge and Stanhope were condemned as con so- ciates in the conspiracy of Somerset." -Hayward . con-sō-ci-ate (ci as shi), v. t . & i. [CONSO- CIATE, 8.] IMG:content-0687.jpg:[blocks in formation] 2. To bring into communication or connection. "Ships, besides the transporting of riches and rarities from place to place, consociate the most remote regions of the earth."-Sir T. Herbert: Travels, p. 102. or congratulatory."- Howell : Letters , I. i. 1. con-sol-a-trix, s. [Lat.] A female consoler. "Love, the consolatrix, met him again."-Mrs. Olt- gether. *I. Ord. Lang.: To coalesce, to join or unite to- "If they cohered, yet by the next conflict with other atoms they might be separated again, without ever con- sociating into the huge condense bodies of planets."- Bentley: Serm., vii. II. American Church : To meet in a consociation. con-sō-çi-a-těd (or çi as shi), pa . par . or a. [CONSOCIATE, v .] côn-sō-çi-a-tăng (or çi as shi), pr . par., a. & s. [CONSOCIATE, ν .] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) con-so-çi-a-tion (or çi as shi), s. [Lat. con- *I. Ordinary Language : or Catholic Church for the consideration and de- cision of ecclesiastical causes arising within the diocese. In England the consistory is held by the bishop's chancellor, or commi ary, and by arch- deacons or their officials, either in the cathedral or other convenient place in the diocese. ( Burns : Eccles. Law .) "This false judge, as telleth us the storie, As he was wont, sat in his consistorie And yaf his domes upon sondry cas." 2. In the Roman Catholic Church: The highest council of state in the Papal government; the a embly of cardinals. "By a commi ion from the consistory, Yea the whole consist'ry of Rome." IMG:content-0688.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0689.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0690.jpg:[merged small][merged small][graphic][merged small] II. Ecclesiol.: A union or fellowship of churches, by means of the pastors and delegates. A meeting of the pastors and delegates of different churches ( Weale .) Also for consultation and mutual aid and support in ecclesiastical matters. Used- "By mutuall consociete."- Heywood : Dialogues , No. II. con-sol-a-ble, a. [Eng. consol (e); -able .] Able to be consoled; admitting of consolation. "A long, long weeping, not consolable." Tennyson: Merlin and Vivien , 705. IMG:content-0691.png:[blocks in formation] the beautiful books and orna- ments on the consoles and chiffon i eres."-C. Brontè: Jane IMG:content-0692.png:[blocks in formation] one. *3. Surg.: To unite or close the lips of a wound, or the parts of a broken bone. 4. Funds: To unite several items of revenue under one head. [CONSOL.] taxes and duties which were at that year consolidated ."A great variety of taxes and surpluses of Rees: Cyclopædia; Funds. B. In trans.: To become solid; to form into a solid and compact body, to solidify. "In hurts and ulcers of the head, dryne maketh them more apt to consolidate."- Bacon: Nat. History. con-sol-1-date, a . [Lat. con solid at us , pa. par. of consol i do: con cum with, together, and solide =to make solid; solidus = solid, compact.] *1. Lit.: Formed into a solid and compact ira ; solidified, hardened. " the brawnes and sinewes of his thighs not fully consolidate."- Sir T. Elyot : Gov., fol. 58. 12. Fig .: Firmly fixed or united; combined. "Tho all experience past became Consolidate in mind and frame." Tennyson: Two Voices. con-sol-1-dā-těd, pa. particip. or a. [CONSOLIDATE, v.] A. As pa. par.: In senses corresponding to those of the verb. B. As adjective: I. Ordinary Language: 1. Lit .: Solidified; formed into a solid and compact ma ; hardened. "Take, then, a ma of partially consolidated mud, "-Tyndall: Frag. of Science (3d ed.), xiv. 417-8. 2. Figuratively : (1) Brought into union; combined. ". the equality manifestly becomes as predicable of the consolidated states as it was of the serial states."Herbert Spencer: Principles of Psychology, p. 300. (2) In close union and connection; compact. "The Germans believe that, as they have only their own consolidated and easily traversed country to defend ."-London Times. II. Technically: IMG:content-0693.png:[blocks in formation] and compact ma . 1. The act of consolidating or forming into a solid "The consolidation of the marble, and of the stone, did Natural History of the Earth. not fall out at random."- Woodward: E ay toward a B. Technically : 2. Law : IMG:content-0694.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Parl .: Applied to two or more bills combined on-sols, s . pl . [Abbreviation for consolidated into one. 2. Funds: Applied to two or more sources of revenue combined in one. [CONSOLS.] 3. Law : Applied to two or more actions combined into one. Consolidated Funds : Finance: Funds so called because consolidated out of several others. In this country loans of different dates have several times been consolidated, the bonds and securities for which are quoted on the market as "consols" (q. v.). In England the consolidated fund has been created of three loans or funds the aggregate, the general, and the South Sea funds. It was first formed in 1786. On Jan. 5, 1816, it became as it now is, the consolidated fund of the United Kingdom. IMG:content-0695.png:[blocks in formation] Finance : Securities of a consolidated indebtedne , whether of public or private corporation, are three per cent. consolidated annuities, constituting in this country quoted as consols. In England, the part of the British funded debt, are indicated by the word. Their value fluctuates perpetually, but within narrow limits; they are generally not much below par. In 1761 four per cent., and in 1762 five per cent.consols were created, but the interest upon three per cent. them was gradually reduced, till now it is only