Conscription.

Conscription, n. [Lat. conscriptio .] An enrolling or registering; a compulsory enrolment of individuals for military or naval service. - The C. in the Roman commonwealth was made, not by lot, but by arbitrary selection by the consuls from among the bulk of the citizens when a levy was required. In France, the C. was established during the Revolution, before which period the armies of that country had been recruited by voluntary enlistment. The word is first used in a law of 1798. According to the law as at present estab- lished, all citizens are liable to the C. at the age of 20. Each arrondi ement has its contingent allotted to it out of the total number required for the service, and this number is filled up by lot from the youths liable to the C. There are, however, various claims for exemp- tion recognized by the law. A similar system was occa- sionally resorted to in this country, during the civil war. Con's econ, in Canada W., a post-village of Prince Ed- ward co., abt. 22 m. W. of Belleville, and 15 m. from Brighton; pop . abt. 350. Con's ecrate, v. a. [Lat, consecro, con sec ratus con , and sacro , from sacer , sacred; Fr. consacrer.] To make or declare to be sacred. To appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, hallow, or devote to the service of God. To canonize. "That consecrate place." - Milton . Made sacred; separated from a common to a sacred use; dedicated to the service of God. "That consecrated roof." - Shaks. Among the Romans, if two individuals or more had a common knowledge of some circumstance, such a knowl- edge was called conscient i a, (or con- scio ,) knowledge to- gether with; but, except this, the term was always em- Con's ecratedne , n. State of being consecrated. ployed in a moral sense, as equivalent to our word con- Con's ecrater, n. Same as CONSECRATOR, q. v. science. The general conditions that attach to C., in its Con's ecrating, ppr . or a. Making sacred; appro- priating to a sacred use; dedicating to the service of God; devoting. Consecration, n. Act of consecrating, or of sep a- rating from a common to a sacred use, or of devoting and dedicating a person or thing to the service and wor- ship of God. - Canonization. ( Eccl .) A newly-built church is consecrated with cer- tain ceremonies, varying in different communities. The admi ion of a bishop to his office is called his con- IMG:content-0346.png:[blocks in formation] Consecution, n. [Lat. consecutio - con , and sequor , secutus, to follow.] A following of one thing after another; a following or sequel; train of consequences or deductions; succe ion. Consent'er, n. One who consents. Consen'tient, a. [Lat. consent i ens.] Consenting; agreeing in mind; accordant in opinion. Consent'ing, n. The act of one who consents. "Avoid. able consent ings." - Bp. Taylor. Consent'ingly, adv . In a consenting manner. Con's equence, n. [Lat. consequent i a , from con , and sequor, sequens , to follow.] That which follows from any act, cause, principle, or series of actions; an event or sult, or i ue. - Inference; deduction; connection of cause and effect. - Importance; moment; distinction; as, a person of consequence. Conser'tion, n. [Lat. consertio, from conserere, con- sertum, to join together, from con , and serere, to join.] Junction; adaptation. (R.) Conservable, a. That may be kept or preserved from decay or injury. Conservancy, n. [L. Lat. conservant i a , from Lat. con- servans, from conservo , to preserve.] Conservation; pres- ervation. Conservant, a. [Lat. conservans.] Preserving; hav- ing the power or quality of preserving from decay, or destruction. Consecutive, a. [Fr. consécut if ; It. consecutivo.] Following in train; succeeding one another in a regu- lar order; succe ive; following; consequential; suc- -n. ( Polit .) One who aims to preserve from ruin, in no- ceeding. act of consciousne implies an act of affirmation or ne- Consecutively, adv . By way of consequence or gation. The fifth undeniable act of consciousne is succe ion. Consegui'na, or QUESIGUINA, in Central America, a volcano of Nicaragua, on the E. side of Conchagua Gulf. Its height is abt. 4,000 feet from the mean level. The last eruption occurred in January, 1835. Consenes'cence, Consenes'cency, n. [From Lat. con senes cens, ppr. of con senes cere, to grow old toge- ther, from con , and senescere, to grow old.] Decay, in all parts, through age. Consen's ual, a. [Lat. consensus, to agree.] ( Civil ) Law.) A contract is consensual when completed by the consent of the parties merely, without any further act. (Physiol.) When one motion gives rise to the produc- tion of another motion contrary to or independent of the will, the latter is called a consensual movement ; as, e. g., the contraction of the iris when the eye is volun- tarily directed inwards. memory; for I cannot be conscious of an object without Consecutivene , n . Quality of being consecutive. discriminating it from another state of mind to which the present one was only a succe ful phenomenon. I must distinguish all the separate acts of consciousne , and I can only distinguish them by the aid of memory, as I can only discriminate them by the help of judg- ment. As the fourth condition of C., this one holds the position of being a second corollary to the third. Leib- nitz truly has remarked, in his Nouveaux E ais (lib. ii. c. 27, s. 13), that "if our immediate internal experience is not certain, there can be no truth of fact of which we can be a ured." All speculators agree in this, both sceptical and dogmatical. But not only is consciousne the evidence and authority of all legitimate speculation; it is likewise the source and spring from which it flows. As the criterion of philosophy, it must be clear and un- adulterated; and hence, there emerge three great laws that regulate its legitimate development. These are: 1, that it be charged with no fact but what is simple and ultimate; 2, that all the facts ascribed to conscious- ne be taken without reserve in coming to any conclu- sion; and 3, that nothing but the facts, or what these data imply, be accepted as legitimate in any proce of inquiry. As one illustration of the fertility of accept- ing or of rejecting these leading laws, may be mentioned the circumstance, that on the duality or unity of the first fact of consciousne hangs altogether the entire system of speculation which any inquirer may adopt. If, in saying that I perceive a stone, I do not recognize that there are two independent objects in this act, my perceiving mind , and the stone which I perceive, as two separate independent existences, but maintain, with Berkeley, Fichte, and Ferrier, that what seems a stone is not really a stone, but only a mode of my mind or of some other mind, then I deny the duality of the sub- stances, and a ert their unity. And if I do so, I deny Consent', n. [Lat, consensus. See the verb.] A sense or feeling in unison with that of another. - An agreement or yielding of the mind or will to what is proposed; ac- cord of minds; unity of opinion or sentiment; agree- ment; harmony; sympathy, concord; a ent; acquies- cence; concurrence; joint operation. ( Law .) C. is implied in every agreement. It supposes a physical power to act, a moral power of acting, and a serious, determined, and free use of these powers. C. is expre , when directly given, either viva voce or in writing. It is implied , when manifested by signs, actions, or facts, or by inaction or silence, which raise a pre- sumption that the C. has been given. -v. n. [Lat. consentio-con, and sentio , to discover by the senses, to think, to feel; Fr. consentir.] To think in unison with another; to be of the same mind; to agree or accord; to harmonize. - To yield; to accede; to ac- quiesce; to a ent; to comply; to allow; to admit; to grant; to concede. Conservatoire, n. [Fr., from It. conservatorio.] A name given to schools instituted for the purpose of ad- vancing the study of music, and maintaining its purity. The most celebrated is the French C. de Musique , founded in Paris, 1784. The course of study is divided over 66 different cla es, in which all appertaining to music and also declamation is taught by the best masters. The elementary works published by this C. for all instru- ments are known over the whole world. Next to the C. of France come those of Milan, Warsaw, Prague, Brus- sels, and Vienna, which last was established in 1816. In 1842, a C. was established in Leipsic, under the au- spices of Mendel ohn, which is reckoned the most im- portant in Germany at the present day. In Cologne a similar C. was founded in 1849. Conservator, n. [Lat.; Fr. con ser vat eur.] A pre- server; one who preserves from injury or violation. (Law . ) A guardian. (So used in Connecticut.) Conservatory, n. A place for preserving anything in a state desired. con , Conserve', v. a. [Fr. conserver; Lat. conservo and servo , to save, to preserve, to keep.] To keep to gether; to keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve. - To defend. -To candy or pickle for preser vation.