condescendency 
condescendencyt (kon-de-sen'den-si), w. [As 
eondescendence : see -cncy.] Condescension. 
The respect and ctiinlwnilfncy which you have already 
shewn me is that for which I can never make any suitable 
return. Dr. Aeery, in Boyle's Works, VI. 610. 
This worthy gentleman was one of singular piety, and 
rare for humility, as appeared by his great condesceiuiency, 
when as this pool' people were in great sickness and weak- 
ness, he shunned not to do very mean services for them. 
N. Morion, New England's Memorial, p. 68. 
condescending (kon-df-sen'ding), p. a. [Ppr. 
of condescend, c.] Marked or characterized by 
condescension ; stooping to the level of one's 
inferiors. 
A very condescending air. Watts. 
He graciously added that I should have command of the 
pieces in action, at which c'lmlcxcending intimation I rose 
and bowed profoundly. O'Donomn, Merv, xvii. 
condescendingly (kon-de-sen'ding-li), adv. In 
a condescending manner ; so as to show conde- 
scension : as, to address a person condescend- 
ingly. 
condescension (kon-de-sen'shon), . [< LL. con- 
desccnsio(n-), < condescendere, pp. condescensus, 
condescend: see condescend.] The act of con- 
descending ; the act of voluntarily stooping or 
inclining to an equality with an inferior; a 
waiving of claims due to one's rank or position ; 
affability on the part of a superior; complai- 
sance. 
Go, heavenly guest ! . . . 
Gentle to me and affable hath been 
Thy condescension. Hilton, P. L., viii. 649. 
He [the sheikh] received me with great politeness and 
condescension, made me sit down by him, and asked me 
more about Cairo than about Europe. 
Bruce, Source of the Nile, I. 115. 
The good Peter rode through these towns with a smiling 
aspect, waving his hand with inexpressible majesty and 
condescension. Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 418. 
condescensivet (kon-de-sen'siv), a. [< NL. *COH- 
dcscensivits (in adv. coiidescensive), < LL. conde- 
scensus, pp. of condescendere, condescend: see 
condescend.'] Condescending; courteous. 
The conrfescermoe tenderness [of God]. 
Barrow, Sermons, I. viii. 
condescentt (kon-de-senf), n. [< condescend, as 
descent < descend.] ' Condescension. 
So slight and easy a condeycent. 
Bp. Hall, Contemplations, iv. 
condign (kon-din'), o. [Early mod. E, condygne, 
< OF. (and F.) condigne = Sp. Pg. condigno = 
It. condegno, < L. condignus, very worthy, < 
com- (intensive) + digmts, worthy : see dignity.'} 
If. Deserving ; worthy : applied to persons. 
Her selfe of all that rule she deemed most condigne. 
Spemer, F. Q., VII. vl. 11. 
2. Well-deserved; worthily bestowed; merited; 
suitable: applied to things (a) With refer- 
ence to praise or thanks. 
I thought it no condigne gratification, nor scarce any 
good satisfaction for such a person as you. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, Ded. 
Render unto God condigne thanks and praise for so great 
a benefice. Fuller, Ch. Hist., vii. 2. 
The eulogy bestowed on Chaucer by Spenser's well-worn 
metaphor has not been quite unanimously recognized as 
condign. F. Hall, Mod. Eng., p. 10. 
(6) With reference to censure, punishment, or 
what is of the nature of punishment : the more 
common use. 
Speak what thou art, and how thon hast been us'd, 
That I may give him condign punishment. 
Beau, and Ft., Knight of Burning Pestle, iii. 4. 
In an extant Bull he reproves the Archbishop of Glasgow 
and other prelates of Scotland, . . . treats them as acting 
unworthily of their holy calling, and threatens them with 
condign censure. Milntan, Latin Christianity, xi. 9. 
condignity (kon-dig'ni-ti), . [= F. condignite 
= Sp. condigiiidad = Pg. condignidade = It. 
condegnitil, < ML. *condignita(t-)s, < L. condig- 
nus, condign : see condign and -ity.~] 1. Merit; 
desert. 2. In scholastic theol., specifically, the 
merit of human actions considered as consti- 
tuting a ground for a claim of reward. 
Condignity and congruity (meritum de condigno and de 
congruo) are "terms used by the schoolmen to explain 
their peculiar opinions relative to human merit and de- 
serving. The Scotists maintain that it is possible for man 
in his natural state so to live as to deserve the Grace of 
God, by which he may be enabled to obtain salvation, this 
natural fitness (congruitas) for grace being such as to 
oblige the Deity to grant it. Such is the merit of congrn- 
ity. The Thomists, on the other hand, contend that man, 
by the divine assistance, is capable of so living as to merit 
eternal life, to be worthy (condignus) of it in the sight of 
God. In this hypothesis, the question of previous prepara- 
tion for the grace which enables him to be worthy is not 
introduced. This is the merit of condignity." 
, Eccles. Diet. 
condignly (kon-d!n'li), adv. In a condign man- 
ner; according to merit; deservedly; justly. 
Condignly punished. 
L. Addison, Western Barbary, p. 171. 
1174 
condignnesst (kon-dm'nes), n. The state or 
quality of being condign. 
condiment (kon'di-ment), n. [= F. condiment 
= Sp. Pg. It. condiiiiento, < L. condimentum, 
spice, seasoning, < condire, pp. conditus, spice, 
season, orig. put fruit in vinegar, wine, spices, 
etc., pickle, preserve, prob. a collateral form 
of conderc, pp. conditus, put together, put away, 
preserve, < com-, together, + -dare (in coinp.), 
put: see abscond. Cf. co/irfifc 2 .] Something 
used to give relish to food; a relish; season- 
ing; sauce. 
And fro the white is drawe a commune wyne, 
But condyment is thus to make it fyne. 
Palladium, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 197. 
As for radish and the like, they are for condiments, and 
not for nourishment. Bacon, >"at. Hist. 
condimental (kon-di-men'tal), a. [< condiment 
+ -al.~] Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of 
a condiment. 
Maladies of both mind and body that are connected 
with chronic, incurable dyspepsia, all brought about by 
the habitual use of cayenne and its condimental cousins. 
Pop. Sci. Mo., XXVI. 371. 
condisciple (kon-di-si'pl), n. [= F. condisciple = 
Sp. conaiscipulo = Pg. condiscipulo = It. condi- 
scepolo, < L. condiscipulus (fern, condiscipula), 
a fellow-pupil, < com-, together, + dind/iulux. 
a pupil : see disciple.'] A fellow-pupil ; a stu- 
dent in the same school or system or field of 
learning, or under the same instructor. [Bare.] 
To his right dearly beloved brethren and condisciples 
dwelling together. 
T. Martin, Marriage of Priests, sig. H, iii. (1554). 
Vigors . . . found an energetic condisciple and coadju- 
tor in Swaiuson. A. Newton, Encyc. Brit., XVIII. 15. 
conditt, and r. An obsolete form of con- 
duit. 
conditaneoust (kon-di-ta'ne-us), a. [< L. con- 
ditaneus, suitable for pickling or preserving, < 
condire, pp. conditus, pickle, preserve : see con- 
diment.'] That may be seasoned. Coles, 1717. 
conditeif, and v. An obsolete form of con- 
duift. 
condite 2 t (kqn-dlf), v. t. [< L. conditus, pp. of 
condire (> It. condire = Sp. Pg. OF. condir), 
preserve, pickle, etc.: see condiment."] 1. To 
prepare and preserve with sugar, salt, spices, 
or the like ; season. 
Like condited or pickled mushrooms, which if carefully 
corrected, and seldom tasted, may be harmless, but can 
never do good. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 429. 
The entertainment was exceeding civil, hut besides a 
good olio, the dishes were trifling, hash'd and condited af- 
ter their [Portuguese] way. Evelyn, Diary, Dec. 4, 1679. 
2. To embalm. 
The friends and disciples of the holy Jesus, having de- 
voutly composed his body to burial, anointed it, washed 
it, and condited it with spices and perfumes, laid it in a 
sepulchre. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1836), I. 344. 
condite 2 ! (kon'dit), a. [< L. conditus, pp., pre- 
served, etc.: see the verb.] Preserved; can- 
died. 
Crato prescribes the condite fruit of wild rose to a no- 
bleman his patient. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 415. 
conditementt (kon-dit'ment), n. [< condite + 
-ment."] 1. A composition of conserves, pow- 
ders, and spices in the form of an electuary. 
2. Seasoning; spice; savor; flavor; relish. 
A scholar can have no taste of natural philosophy with- 
out some conditement of the mathematicks. 
Bp. Racket, Abp. Williams, i. 10. 
condition (kon-dish'on), n. [< ME. condicion, 
condicioun, rarely condition, < OF. condicion, F. 
condition C> D. konditie = G. condition = Dan. 
Sw. kondition) = Pr. condicio = Sp. condicion 
Pg. condifSo = It. condizione, < L. condicio(n-), 
in LL. and ML. commonly but improperly 
spelled conditio(n-) (and hence erroneously 
identified with LL. conditio(n-), a making, < con- 
dere, pp. conditus, put together : see condiment, 
condite*), a stipulation, agreement, choice, mar- 
riage, also external position, situation, circum- 
stances, nature, condition (in many senses), 
with short radical vowel, condicio(n-) (cf. rfS- 
do(n-), authority, rule, power, lit. a speaking 
or directing), < condicere, agree upon, concert, 
promise, proclaim, announce, publish, engage, 
in LL. also assent to, consent, also demand 
back, orig. talk over together, < com-, together, 
+ dicere, speak, say, tell, mention, affirm, de- 
clare, etc. (with long radical vowel), of like 
origin with dicare, make known, proclaim, de- 
clare, orig. point out, as in indicare, indicate, 
etc.: see diction, indicate.^ 1. The particular 
mode of being of a person or thing; situa- 
tion, with reference either to internal or to ex- 
condition 
ternal circumstances; existing state or case; 
plight; circumstances. 
Estimate the greatness of this mercy by the condition 
it finds the sinner in. South, Sermons. 
Electricity and Magnetism are not forms of Energy ; 
neither are they forms of matter. They may perhaps be 
provisionally denned as properties or Condition* of Matter. 
A. Daniell, Priii. of Physics, p. 518. 
2. Quality ; property ; attribute ; characteristic. 
Men of Ynde han this condicioun of kynde, that thei 
nevere gon out of here owne Contree. 
Mandemlle, Travels, p. 162. 
It seemed to us a condition and property of divine pow- 
ers and beings to be hidden and unseen to others. Bacon. 
The true condition of warre is onely to suppresse the 
proud and defend the innocent, as did that most generous 
Prince Sigismuudus, Prince of those Countries. 
Capt. John Smith, True Travels, II. 246. 
3f. A state or characteristic of the mind; a 
habit ; collectively, ways ; disposition ; temper. 
We be not ther agein ; but ye haue seyn his condirinn,^ 
and we ne haue not don so, and therfore we praye yow to 
suffre vs to knowe his condicioun^, and the manere of hys 
gouernaunce that he will ben of here-after. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 105. 
The condition of a saint, and the complexion of the devil. 
Sliak., M. of V., i. 2. 
He that gathereth not every day as much as I doe, the 
next day shall be set beyond the riuer, and be banished 
from the Fort as a drone, till he amend his conditions or 
starue. Quoted in Capt, John Smith' t True Travels, I. 229. 
4. Bank ; state, with respect to the orders or 
grades of society or to property : used abso- 
lutely in the sense of high rank : as, a person 
of conditiim. 
Honour and shame from no condition rise : 
Act well your part ; there all the honour lies. 
Pope, Essay on Man, iv. 193. 
Those [persons] of condition always make a present on 
their departure to the value of about six pounds. 
Pococke, Description of the East, II. i. 11. 
The inhabitants of Russia are divided into the following 
conditions, viz., the clergy, the nobility, the merchants and 
burghers, the peasants. Brougham. 
5. A requisite ; something the non-concurrence 
or non-fulfilment of which would prevent a re- 
sult from taking place ; a prerequisite. 
That a cause efficient be a cause of itself two conditions 
are requisite. . . . If either of these are wanting the cause 
is said to be by accident. 
Burgersdiciui, tr. by a Gentleman, I. xvii. 16. 
The diffusion of thorough scientific education is an ab- 
solutely essential condition of industrial progress. 
Huxley, Science and Culture. 
According to the best notion I can form of the meaning 
of "condition," either as a term of philosophy or of com- 
mon life, it means that on which something else is con- 
tingent, or (more definitely) which being given, some- 
thing else exists or takes place. I promise to do some- 
thing on condition that you do something else : that is, if 
you do this, I will do that ; if not, I will do as I please. 
J. S. Mill, Exam, of Hamilton, iv. 
Hence 6. A restricting or limiting circum- 
stance ; a restriction or limitation. 
The uncivilized man, at the mercy of his conditions, is 
less choice in his diet than the civilized. 
H. Spencer, Prin. of Sociol., 41. 
7. A stipulation; a statement of terms; an 
agreement or consideration demanded or offered 
in return for something to be granted or done, 
as in a bargain, treaty, or other engagement. 
We be come to serue yow, with thiscondiewm, that ye de- 
sire not to knowe oure names. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 203. 
He sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of 
peace. Luke xiv. 32. 
8. In law : (a) A statement that a thing is or 
shall be, which constitutes the essential basis 
or an essential part of the basis of a contract 
or grant ; a future and uncertain act or event 
not belonging to the very nature of the trans- 
action, on the performance or happening of 
which the legal consequences of the transaction 
are made to depend. More specifically, a condition 
is a provision on the fulfilment of which depends the tak- 
ing effect or continuance in effect of the instrument or 
some clause of it, or the existence of some right established 
or recognized by it, as distinguished from a covenant, 
which is a promise in a sealed instrument the breach of 
which may give rise to a claim for damages, but not neces- 
sarily the forfeiture of any right. The performance of a 
covenant, however, may be made a condition of the contin- 
ued efficacy of the agreement. A condition precedent is a 
provision which must be fulfilled or an event which must 
occur before the instrument or clause affected by it can 
take effect. A condition subsequent contemplates that, 
after the instrument has taken effect, a right established 
or recognized by it may be extinguished by some future or 
uncertain event. 
Such a place, such sum or sums as are 
Express'd in the co-nditwn. Shak., SI. of V., i. 3. 
(6) In civil law, a restriction incorporated with 
an act, the consequence of which is to make 
the effect of the volition or intention depen- 
dent wholly or in part upon an external cir- 
cumstance. Strictly speaking, there is a condition in 
the meaning of the civil law only when the effect of a legal 
