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returned for good, that is a bad requital, and, as a proof 

 of ingratitude, wounds the feelings. 



Competent, Fitted, Qualified. Competency mostly 

 respects the mental endowments and attainments; fit- 

 ness, the disposition and character; qualification, the 

 artificial acquirements or natural qualities. 



To Complain, Lament. Ketrret. Complaint marks 

 most of dissatisfaction; lamentation most of grief; 

 regret most of pain; complaint is expressed verbally; 

 lamentation either by words or signs; regret may be 

 felt without being expressed. Complaint is made of 

 personal grievances; lamentation and regret may be 

 made on account of others as well as ourselves. We 

 complain of our ill health, of our inconveniences, or of 

 troublesome circumstances; we lament our inability 

 another; we regret the absence of one whom 

 we love. 



Complaint. Accusation. A complaint is mostly 

 made in matters that personally affect the complainant; 

 an accusation is made of matters in general, but es- 

 pecially those of a moral nature. A complaint is made 

 tor the sake of obtaining redress; an accusation is made 

 for the sake of ascertaining a fact or bringing to pun- 

 ishment. 



Complaisance. Deference, Condescension. Com- 

 plaisance signifies the act of complying with, or pleasing 

 deference marks the inclination to defer, or 

 e in the sentiments of another in preference to 

 one's own; condescension marks the act of con 

 ing from one's own height to yield to the satisfaction 

 of others, rather than rigorously to exact one's rights. 

 The necessities and the allurements of society and of 

 intimacy, lead to complaisance; it makes sacrifices to 

 the wishes, tastes, and personal feelings of others. Com- 

 plaisance is the act of an equal; deference that of an 

 inferior; condescension that of a superior. 



Complete. IVrfcrt. Finished. That is complete 

 which has no deficiency ; that is perfect which has posi- 

 tive excellence; and that is finished which has no omis- 

 sion in it. 



I" Complete, Finish, Terminate. The character- 

 istic idea of completing is that of making a thing alto- 

 gether what it ought to be; that of finishing, the doing 

 all that is intended to be done toward a thing: and that 

 of terminating, simply putting an end to a thing. 



To Comply, Conform, Yield. Submit. Compli- 

 ance is an act of the inclination; conformity an act of 

 the judgment; compliance is altogether optional j we 

 comply with a thing or not, at pleasure: conformity is 

 binding on the conscience; it relates to matters in which 

 a right and a wrong; to yield is to give way to 

 another, either with one's will, judgment, or outward 

 conduct; submission is the giving up of one's self 

 altogether; it is the substitution of another's will for 

 one's own. 



Compliant, Yielding, Sutiii--i\e. A compliant 

 person may want command of feeling; a yielding person 

 may want fixedness of principle; a submissive person 

 may want resolution; a too compliant disposition will 

 be imposed upon by the selfish and unreasonable; a too 

 yielding disposition is most unlit for commanding; a too 

 submissive disposition exposes a person to the exactions 

 inny. 



|., ( ompOMi ^dtle. \Ve eom|)ose that which has 

 jointed and separated, by bringing it together 

 \ve settle that which has been disturbed and put 

 in motion, by making it rest. 



< onipo-. <i. *<!. tie. Composed is opposite to raffled 

 or hurried, and is a temporary state; sedate is n 

 to buovant or volatile, and is a permanent habit of the 

 mind or bodv. 



I ,, ( ,, in poii nd. < 1 1 n i pox,.. C,, in pound is used in the 

 sense onlv; compose in the i>ro|>er or the moral 

 ipounded of many ingredients; 

 societ . <! of various classes. 



( omprclieiisixe. I \iin-i\i-. Comprehensive r ,.. 

 SpeCtS qiian' ompre- 



of a subjiM-t includes all l 

 .ew of a sir nto minute detail* ; 



is associated with the con< 



.th the difT 



ft Compl < oinpr. -lieiiil. I iiil.r.i. , < .ml.. in. 



It . hide. A library comprises a variety of b... 



within a small compass; laws com- 

 iwes; a discourse embrace* a 

 a society contains very mat 

 it mi -hides none but of a certain class*, or it 

 includes some of every class. 



I.. <Miiii.il. I ii-seniMi-. pi -uni-i-. To conceal is 

 limplv to abstain from making known what we wih to 

 keep Sec-. . tnble and disguise -igmfv \ 



by assuming some false .1 

 we dissemble feelings; we disguise sentiment*. 



To Conceal, Hide, Secrete. Concealing lias simply 

 the idea of not letting come to observation; hiding, that 

 of putting under cover; secreting, that of setting at a 

 distance or in unfrequented places. 



Concealment, Secrecy. Concealment has to do 

 with what concerns others; secrecy with that which 

 concerns ourselves. What is concealed is kept from 

 the observation of others; what is secret is known only 

 to ourselves. 



Conceit. Fancy. Conceit applies only to internal 

 objects: it is mental in the operation and the result : 

 it is a species of invention; fancy is applied to external 

 object s. or whatever acts on the senses. Nervous people 

 are subject to strange conceits; timid people fancy they 

 hear sounds or see objects in the dark, which awaken 

 terror. 



To Conceive. Cnderstand, ( omprehend. Con- 

 ception is the simplest operation of the three: when we 

 conceive we may have but one idea; when we under 

 stand or comprehend we have all the ideas which the 

 subject is capable of presenting. The builder com 

 plans, the scholar understands languages, the meta- 

 physician attempts to explain many things which are 

 not to be comprehended. 



Conception, Notion. Conception is the mind's own 

 work, what it pictures to itself from the exercise of its 

 own powers; notion is the representation of objects as 

 they are drawn from observation. Conceptions are the 

 fruit of the understanding and imagination; notions 

 are the result of experience and information. 



To Concert, Contrive, Manage. There is a secret 

 understanding in concerting; invention in contriving; 

 execution in managing. Measures are concerted; 

 schemes are contrived; affairs are manage* I. 



To Conciliate. Reconcile. The conciliator gets the 

 good-will and affections for himself; the reconciler 

 unites the affections of two persons to each other. 



Conclusion. Inference, Deduction. Conclusions 

 are drawn from real facts; inferences are drawn from 



the appearances of things; deductions only from argu- 

 ments or assertions. Conclusions are practical; infer- 

 ences ratiocinative; deductions are final. 



Conclusive. Decisive. Convincing. Conclusive ap- 

 plies either to practical or argumentative matters; 

 decisive to what is practical only; convincing to what 

 is argumentative only. It is necessary to be conclusive 

 when we deliberate, and decisive when we command; 

 an argument is convincing, a chain of reasoning con- 

 clusive. 



Concord, ll.i rinon \ . Concord is generally employed 

 for the union of wills and affections; harmony respects 

 the aptitude of minds to coalesce. Harmony may be 

 used in the sense of adaptation to things generally. 



Condition. Station. Condition has most re: . 

 circumstances, education, birth, and the like; station 

 refers rather to the rank, occupation, or mode of life 

 which is marked out. 



To Conduce, Contribute. To conduce signifies to 

 serve the full purpose; to contribute signifies only to 

 serve a secondary pnrpo.-e. Kxercise conduces to the 

 health; it contributes to give vigor to the frame. 



To Conduct. Manage. Direct. Conducting require* 



most .wisdom and knowledge; managing most action; 



most authority. A lawyer conducts the cause 



I to him; a steward manages the mercantile 



concerns for hi> employer; a superintendent directs the 



movements of all the subordinate agents. 



Confederate. \i < omplh c. A confederate is a part- 

 ner in a plot or si- 'ion; an accomplice is a 

 partner in flotation of the laws. 



I > ( onfcr. Id-Mou. Conferring is an net of author- 

 ity; bestowing that of chanty . 



icn in power confer; people in a private station 



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To Contlde. I tu -t. Confidence is an extraordinary 

 trust, but tm-t is always ordinary unless the term be 



wise qualified. Confidence mv.>l\e c..mnn, 

 Don of a in.u. - mmd to another, but trust is confined 

 to matters of action. 



Cimlldeiil. Moutn.iti, .,|. I-. ,-r nn- 



'.litie- in whatever we 



undertake; dogmatism Implies :> the truth 



of our opinions; (mxilivity a reliance on the trut 

 em! iii i \ lent man is always ready to act. 



eeding; a dogmatical man is always 

 ready to speak, as he is sure of being heard; a positive 

 man is determined to maintain what he has asserted, 

 a* he IK convince.! that he lui* made no mistake. 



1.. Confirm, to < 

 serves to ronurm the mind; wlmt corroborates gives 



hing. An opinion or a Mory \ rt.i 

 nee or the representation of a person is corrobo- 



mt i. 



