condole 
I come not, Samson, to condole thy chance, 
As these perhaps, yet wish it had not been, 
Though for no friendly intent. 
Milton, S. A., 1. 1070. 
Why should our poet petition Isis for her safe delivery 
and afterward condole her miscarriage '/ Dryden. 
condolementt (kon-dol'ment). n. [< condole + 
-ment.] 1. The act of condoling; condolence. 
They were presented to the king . . . with an address 
of condolement for the loss of his queen. 
Life of A. Wood, p. 390. 
2. The act of sorrowing or mourning; grief; 
lamentation; sorrow. 
To persevere 
In obstinate comiolt'inent is a course 
Of impious stublMjrnness ; 'tis unmanly grief. 
Shak., Hamlet, i. 2. 
condolence (kon-do'lens), . [= F. condoleance 
(> It. condoaliama = D. kondoleantie = Sw. 
kondolan:) = Sp. Pg. condolencia = It. condo- 
lenza = G. kondolenz = Dan. kondoleitcc, < ML. 
as if "condolentia, < LL. condolen(t-)s, ppr. of 
condolcre, condole : see condole and -ence.J An 
expression of sympathy addressed to a person 
in distress, misfortune, or bereavement. 
For which reason their congratulations and their condo- 
lences are equally words of course. Steele, Tatler, No. 109. 
A special message of condolence. Macaulay. 
= Syn. Sympathy, Commiseration, etc. See pity. 
COndoler (kon-do'ler), n. One who condoles. 
Johnson. 
condominate (kon-dom'i-nat), a. [< condpmi- 
n(ium) + -ate 1 .] Of the nature of condominium. 
The King of Prussia . . . had acquired the complete 
proprietorship of Lauenburg by buying up Austria's co- 
aominate rights over that Duchy. Lowe, Bismarck, 1. 357. 
condominium (kon-do-min'i-um), n. [NL., < 
ML. condomimis, a co-proprietor, < L. com-, to- 
gether, -f- dominus, master, proprietor: see do- 
mine, dominie, dominion.] Joint or concurrent 
dominion ; ownership including jurisdiction or 
power of disposal, exclusive as against all the 
world except one or more co-owners. The term 
is much used in the civil law for joint riyhts in rem, and 
in international law of concurrent national jurisdiction or 
dominion. 
Condominium, which tends to split up into property in 
the narrow sense. Westminster Ret)., CXXVI. 142. 
condonation (kon-do-na'shon), . [= Sp. con- 
donation = Pg. condonaf&o = It. condonazione, 
< L. condonatio(n-), (. condonare, pp. condonatus, 
condone: seecondone.] 1. The act of condon- 
as, the con- 
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He [Donatello], however, condoned these defects by the 
strength of his assertions, the fire of his style, anil the 
transcendent ease with which his skilful hand traced 
flowing lines of unsurpassed delicacy and freedom upon 
the marble. C. C. Perkins, Italian Sculpture, p. 92. 
Syn. See pardon. 
condor (kon'dor), n. [= D. G. Sw. condor = 
Dan. kondor = F. condor, formerly condore = 
It. condore, < Sp. Pg. condor, < Peruv. cuntur, a 
condor.] 1. A very large South American bird 
of prey, Sarcorhamphits gryphus, of the family 
Cathartidai or American vultures, having the 
head and upper part of the neck naked and 
largely carunculate, an exposed ruff of downy 
white feathers round the neck, and the general 
plumage blackish, varied with much white in 
the wings. The size of the condor has been greatly ex- 
aggerated ; it is not known to exceed 9 feet in stretch of 
wings, and is little over 8 feet in total length. The bird in- 
habits chiefly the Andean regions, at elevations of from 
10,000 to 15,000 feet above the sea, where it breeds, making 
no nest, but laying its eggs on the bare rocks. Condors 
are never seen in large companies, but in groups of three 
or four, and descend to the plain only when impelled by 
hunger. At such times two of them will successfully at- 
tack sheep, goats, deer, etc., though as a rule they prefer 
carrion. 
2. A South American gold coin. That of Ecua- 
dor and Colombia is worth f 9.647 ; that of Chili, 
9.123. California condor, the large vulture of Cali- 
fornia, Catluirtes or Pseudogryphus calif ornianus, resem- 
And we teach and believe that when sinnes are par- 
doned by God, God doth not change the mind of the sin- 
ner . . . ; but that the same [sin], remaining in the soule 
of man, iu like manner as it did before condonation, is 
only taken away by a not imputation of the guilt. 
Bp. Mountayu, Appeal to Cscsar, p. 169. 
Specifically 2. In law, the act or course of 
conduct by which a husband or a wife is held 
to have pardoned a matrimonial offense com- 
mitted by the other, as the taking back of his 
wife by a husband, knowing that she has com- 
mitted adultery. To have this effect, the con- 
duct must be such as to imply intentional and 
voluntary remission. 
other has committed, on the condition implied by the 
law that the party remitting it shall afterward be treated 
by the other with conjugal kindness. 
Buhop, Marriage and Divorce, II. 33. 
The immediate effect of condonation is to bar the party 
condoning of his or her remedy for the offence in question. 
Mozley and Whiteley. 
condone (kpn-don'), v. t.; pret. and pp. con- 
doned, ppr. condoning. [= OF. condoner, con- 
duner, condonner, cunduner, permit, suffer, par- 
don, = Sp. Pg. condonar = It. condonare, < L. 
condonare, give, give up, remit, refrain from 
punishing, < com- + donare, give: see donate.] 
1 . To forgive or pardon, as something wrong, 
especially by implication, as through some act 
of friendship or confidence toward the offend- 
er ; overlook, as an offense or fault. 
Condone, an old legal technicality, has of late received 
a popular welcome, as a stately euphemism for ' pardon ' 
or ' overlook.' F. Hall, Mod. Eng. (ed. 1873), p. 299. 
War was rather condoned than consecrated, and, what- 
ever might be the case with a few isolated prelates, the 
Church did nothing to increase or encourage it. 
Lecky, Europ. Morals, II. 266. 
We are not to assume that every offence might be con- 
doned for a certain sum in money. 
C. B. Pearson, Early and Mid. Ages of Eng., xxxiii. 
Specifically 2. In law, to forgive, or to act 
so as to imply forgiveness of (a violation of 
the marriage vow). See condonation, 2. 3. To 
cause to overlook or forgive; atonefor. [Rare.] 
California Condi 
bling the Andean condor and fully as large, with the head 
and beak differently shaped and not carunculate, no downy 
collar, much less white on the wings, and the plumage of 
the breast of peculiar texture. 
(-ri). [It., lit. a leader, conductor (= OF. con- 
duitier, < ML. as if *conductoriiis), < condotto, 
way, road, conduct, conduit, < ML. conductus, 
escort, guard; cf. L. conducti, mercenary sol- 
diers, prop. pi. of conductus, pp. of conducere, 
hire, lit. bring together: see conduct, conduce.] 
In Italian hist., one of a class of professional 
military captains in the fourteenth and fifteenth 
centuries, who raised troops and sold their ser- 
vices to warring states and princes. This system 
prevailed to a considerable extent all over Europe just 
before the introduction of regular standing armies. 
He espoused the cause of Equity in the pending ques- 
tion with the zeal of a condottiere. 
Howellg, Modern Instance, iii. 
conduce (kon-dus'), v. ; pret. and pp. conduced, 
ppr. conducing. [In older form condue, < OF. 
conduire, F. conduire = Pr. conduire, condurre 
= It. condurre (see condue) ; = Sp. conducir = 
Pg. conduzir = It. conducere, conduct, lead, con- 
duce ; < L. conducere, lead, draw, or bring to- 
gether, draw toward, connect, take on lease, 
rent, hire, employ, etc., < com-, together, + du- 
cere, lead: see duke, duct. Cf. abduce, adduce, 
educe, induce, produce, reduce, seduce, traduce, 
and see conduct, ?.] I.t trans. 1. To lead; con- 
duct. 
Hys [Christ's] inoder swet 
Mi mater [matter] conduce to the ende entire. 
Ram. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), Int., 1. 206. 
There was sent unto my lodging the Cardinal of Bour- 
bon ... to conduce me to my lady's presence. 
State Papers, Wolsey to Hen. VIII., an. 1527. 
2. To bring about. 
To conduce the peace. 
Sir T. More. 
II. intrans. To aid in or contribute toward 
bringing about a result ; lead or tend : followed 
by an infinitive, or a noun preceded by to : as, 
temperance and exercise conduce to good health. 
Things rather intended for show and ostentation, than 
conducing to piety. Bacon, Physical Fables, ii., Expl. 
The reasons yon allege do more conduce 
To the hot passion of distemper'd blood. 
Shak., T. and C., ii. 2. 
Nothing doth so much conduce to the proper happiness 
of man, as that which doth the most promote the peace 
and serenity of his mind. Stillingjteet, Sermons, I. x. 
conduct 
Each new specialization of industry . . . establishes 
itself by conducing in some way to the profit of others. 
H. Spencer, Prill, of Sociol., 441. 
conducementt (kon-dus'ment), n. [< conduce 
+ -ineiit.] A leading or tending; tendency. 
The cunducement of all this is but cabalistical. 
(jreijory, Works, p. 68. 
COnducent (kon-du'sent), a. [< L. condu- 
ccn(t-)s, ppr. of conducere, bring together: see 
conduce.] Tending or contributing. [Bare.] 
Any act fitting or conducent to the good success of this 
business. Abp. Laud, Chancellorship at Oxford, p. 13. 
conducibility (kon-du-si-bil'i-ti), n. [< ML. con- 
diwiuilitn(t-)g, utility, < L. c'dndiiciMlis, profita- 
ble: see conducible.] The state or character of 
being conducive; conducibleness. [Hare.] 
Duties . . . deriving their obligation from their condu- 
fibilitii to the promoting of our chief end. 
Bp. WilHn*, Natural Keligion, i. 14. 
COnducible (kon-du'si-bl), a. and n. [= It. 
condueibile, conducet-ole, < L. eouducibilis, profit- 
able, expedient, < conducere, conduce : see con- 
duce.] I. a. Conducive; tending. 
Every Common-wealth is in general defin'd a societie 
sufficient of itself, in all things coiulnciUe to well beeing 
and commodious life. Milton, Eikonoklastes, xi. 
Revelation will soon be discerned to be extremely con- 
ducible to reforming men's lives, such as will answer all 
objections and exceptions of flesh and blood against it. 
Hammond. 
Il.t n- That which conduces or tends to pro- 
mote. 
Those motions of generations and corruptions, and of 
the conducibles thereto. Sir M. Hale. 
conducibleness (kon - du ' si - bl - nes) ; n. The 
quality of conducing, leading, or contributing to 
or promoting some end. 
Which two contemplations are not inferiour to any for 
either pleasantness in themselves or conducibleness for the 
finding out of the right frame of nature. 
Dr. H. More, Song of the Soul, Pref. 
conduciblyt (kon-du'si-bli), adv. In a manner 
to promote ; conducively. 
conducive (kon-du'siv), a. [< conduce + -ive.] 
Having the quality of conducing, promoting, or 
furthering; tending to advance or bring about: 
with to. 
An action, however conducive to the good of our coun- 
try, will be represented as prejudicial to it. 
Addison, Freeholder. 
Nothing is more conducive to happiness than the free 
exercise of the mind in pursuits congenial to it. 
Macaulay, Mitford's Hist. Greece. 
=Syn. Helpful, contributing, promotive, furthersome. 
conduciveness (kon-du'siv-nes), n. The qual- 
ity of being conducive or tending to advance 
or promote. Boyle. 
Its conduciveness to the practice of our duty. 
Seeker, Works, IV. xvii. 
If general good, or welfare, or utility, is the supreme 
end ; and if State-enactments are justified as means to 
this supreme end ; then, State-enactments have such au- 
thority only as arises from conduciveness to this supreme 
end. //. Spencer, Data of Ethics, IS). 
conduct (kon-dukf), v. [< L. conductus, pp. of 
conducere, lead together, lead, hire : see conduce, 
and cf. conduct, n. The older form was condit, 
conduit: see conduit 1 , v.] I. trans. 1. To ac- 
company and show the way to ; guide ; escort ; 
lead. 
Pray receive them nobly, and conduct them 
Into our presence. Shak., Hen. VIII., i. 4. 
I can conduct you, lady, to a low 
But loyal cottage, where you may be safe. 
Milton, Comus, 1. 319. 
2. To direct; act as leader of . (a) As a commander. 
The kynge . . . hem [them] did condite with a baner 
as white as snowe. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 576. 
Cortes himself conducted the third and smallest divi- 
sion. W. Robertson, Hist. America. 
(6) As a director of a musical performance. See con- 
ductor, 4. 
3. To direct the course of ; manage ; carry on : 
as, he conducted his affairs with prudence. 
Our education is not conducted by toys and luxuries, but 
by austere and rugged masters, by poverty, solitude, pas- 
sions, War, Slavery. Emerson, Fugitive Slave Law., 
Unity of action and energy was especially needed for a 
ministry conducting a great war. 
Lecky, Eng. in 18th Cent., i. 
4. Eeflexively, to direct the action or conduct 
of; behave: as, he conducted Mm self nobly. 
Pray, how is it we should conduct ourselves ? 
Browning, King and Book, II. 102. 
5. In physics, to carry, convey, transmit, or 
propagate : as, metal conducts heat better than 
wood. Conducting tissue. See tissue. =Syn. Direct, 
etc. See manage. 
