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dence. — Examine whether the opinion you meet with, 

 repiigiKint to what you were formerly embued with, be 

 co»chiJi>ig/jx\smoni\['iited or not. Dighy. 



CONCLU'SIBLE, /■•(/;. Determinable j certain by regu- 

 lar proof. — 'Tis as certainly conchifihle from God's preTci- 

 ence, that they will voluntarily do this, as that they will 

 do it at all. Hammond. 



CONCLU'SION, / Deterniinafion ; final decifion.— 

 Ways of peaceable ccnciiifion there' ai-e but thefe two cer- 

 tain ; the one a fentence of judicial decifion, given by 

 authority thereto appointed within ourfelves ; the other, 

 the like kind of fentence given by a more univerfal au- 

 thority, liooher. — The colledHon from propofitions pre. 



iniied; the- confetjuence The coiiclu/ion of experience, 



from tlie time part to the time prefent, will not be Ibuntl 

 and perfeiSl, IVarivith Spain, 



Then doth the wit 

 Build fond concJuJians on thofe idle grounds; 

 Then doth it fly the'good, and ill purfue. Daines. 



The clofe; the laft refult of argumentative deduftion.^ 

 Let us hear the ccndufion of the whole matter : Fear God, 

 and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty 

 of man. Ecclef. xii. i 3. — The event of experiments ; ex- 

 pEriment. — We prattife likewife all conclufions of graft- 

 ing and inoculating, as well of wild trees as fruit trees. 



Bacon. — The end 5 the latt part I can fpeak no longer! 



Jet I will itrain mylelf to breathe out this one invocation, 

 which (iiall be .my conclufion. Haivel. — In Shukefpeare it 

 feems to fignify filence ; confinement of the thoughts : 



Your wife Oftavia, with her modeft eyes 

 And Hill condufion, fiiall acquire no honour. 

 Demurring upon me. Shakcfpeare. 



CONCLU'SIVE, adj. Decifive; giving the laft deter- 

 mination to the opinion.^^The agreeing votes of both 

 houles were not by any law or reafon condtifi've to my 

 judgment. A'. Charles. — Regularly confequential. — Thoie 

 that are not men of art, not knowing the true forms of 

 iyllogifni, cannot know whether they are made in right 

 and condufi've modes and figures. Locke. 



CONCLU'SIVELY, adii. Decifively ; with final t^eter- 

 mination. — This I fpeak only to dciire Eupolis not to 

 fpeak peremptorily, or coiidufi'vely, touching the point of 

 po.Tibility, till they have heard me deduce the means of 

 the execution. Baton. 



CCNCLU'SIVHNESS, /. Power of determining the 

 opinion; regular conleciuence. — Confideration of things 

 to be known, of their feveral weights, concliifi-venefs, or 

 evidence. Hale. 



To CONCO.VGULATE, o). a. To curdle or congeal 

 one thing with another. — The faline parts of thofe, upon 

 tlieir folution by the i-ain, may work upon thofe other 

 fubftances, formerly coiicoagidaied with them. Bojle. 



CONCOAGUL.VTION.y. A coagulation by whicb 

 different bodies are joined in one niaCs. 



To GONCO'CT, 'V. a. [conco-pio, Lat.] To digeft by the 

 ftomach, fo as to turn food to nutriment. — The vital func- 

 tions are performed by general and conlL-wit laws; the 

 food is concoBed, the heart beats, the blood circulates, the 

 lungs play. Cheyne. — To purify or fublime by heatj to 

 heighten to perfedlion: 



The fmall clofe-iiirking minifter of fate, 



Whofe high concoiled venom through the veins 



A rapid lightning darts. Tliomfon. 



To ripe.n. — The root which continueth ever in the earth, 

 is (hll concocted by the earth; and fruits and grains are 

 half a year in co/ico^ing, whereas leaves are out and per- 

 fect in a month. Bacon. 



CONCOCTION,/ Digeftion in the ftomach ; matu- 

 ration by heat; the acceleration of any thmg towards 

 purity and perfection — The conltantclt notion oi concoc- 

 tion is, that it ftiould lignify the degrees of alteration of 

 »ne body into another, Irora crudity to psrfeiit concoilion, 



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which is the ultimity of that action or proceft. Bacon. 



Thus concoclion is uled for the fame as digeftion, thjugh 

 digeftion is more generally confined to what pafles in the 

 ftomach; whereas conco6tion is applied to what altera- 

 tions are made in the blood veffels, which may be called 

 the fecond concoSion ; and that in the nerves, f.:>res, and 

 niinuteft veffels, the third and laft concoffion. 



CON'COLIN, a town of France, in the department of 

 the Here : four leagues and a half norfh-eatt of Gienuble. 



CONCO'LOUR, adj. [.'-osco/or, Lnt.] Of one colour,- 

 without variety. — In concolour animals, and fucli as are 

 confined unto the fame colour, we meafure not their beauty 

 thereby ; for if a crow or blackbird grow white, we ac- 

 count it more pretty. Brouun. 



CONCO'MITANCE, or Concomitancy, /. [from 

 ccncumilor, Lat.] Subfdlencc together with another thing. 

 — The fecondary attion fubfifteth not alone, but in con- 

 comitcmcy with the other f fo the noftrils are ufcful for re- 

 fpiration and fmelling, but the principal ufe is fmelling. 

 Bro'wn. 



CONCO'MITANT, adj. Iconcomitans, Lat.] Con'oined 

 with; concurrent with ; coming and going with, as col- 

 lateial, not caufitive or confequential. — The fpirit that 

 furthereth the extenfion or dilatation of bodies, and is 

 ever concomitant with porofity and drynefs. Bacon. — It has 

 pleafed our wife Creator to annex to feveral obiefls, as 

 alfo to feveral of our thoughts, a fo«(row/Vrt?;< pleafure; and 

 that in feveral objcfls, to feveinl degrees. Locke. 



CONCO'MITANT, /. Companion; perfon or thing 

 collaterally connefted. — In confumptiojis, the preterna- 

 tural concomitants, an univerfal heat of the body, a tormi- 

 nous diarrhoea, and hot diftillations, have all a corrolive 

 quality. Hafvey. — The other co7iconnt ant of ingratitude \i- 

 hard-heartednef's, or w.iUt of compaifion. South. 



Horror Italks around. 

 Wild flaring, and his fad concomitant 

 Defpair, of abjefl look. Philips, 



And for tobacco, who could bear it ? 

 Filthy concomitant of claret ! Prior, 



CONCO'MITANTLY, ad'v. In company with others. 



To CONCO'MITATE, 'V. a. [concomilatus, Lat.] To 

 be collaterally connefted with any thing ; to come and 

 go with another. — This fimple bloody fpeftation of tils' 

 lungs, is differenced from that which concomitates a pleu- 

 rify. Hartley. 



CON'CORD, f. [concordia, Ltit.] Agreement between 

 perfons or things; fuitablenefs of one to another; peace; 

 union; mutual kindnel's : 



Kind concord, heavenly born ! whofe blifsful reign 

 Holds this vaft globe in one furrounding chain ; 

 Soul of the world ! Tickle. 



A compait. — It appeareth by the concord made betw^jen 

 Henry and Roderick the Irifli king. Davies. — Harmony ; 

 confent of founds : 



The man who hath not mufic in himfelf. 



Nor is not mov'd with concord of fweet founds. 



Is fit for treafbns, ftratagems, and fpoils ! Shakejpeare. 



Principal grammatical relation of one word to another, 

 diftinft from regimen. — Have thofe who have writ about 

 declenfions, concords, and fyntaxes, loft their labour ? 

 Locke. 



CON'CORD, in law, an agreement made between two 

 or more, upon a trefpafs cbmmitted; and is divided into 

 concord executory, and concord executed, fhivd. 5, 6. 

 Thefe concords and agreements are by way of f'atisfadtion 

 for trefpafs, &c. Concord is alfb an agreement between 

 parties, who intend the levying of a fine of finds one to 

 the other, how and in what manner the lands fliall pafs : 

 it is the foundation and fubft.^nce of the fine, taken and 

 acknowledged by the party before one of the judges of 

 the court of common ple.is, or by commilfioners in the 

 country, 



CON'CORD, 



