conjuncture 
see conjoin, r., conjunct.] 1. A coming or join- 
ing together; the state of being joined; meet- 
ing; combination; union; connection; associa- 
tion. [Obsolete or archaic.] 
So God prosper you at home, as me abroad, and send us 
in good time a joyful Conjuncture. 
IIoirM, Letters, I. i. 21. 
Every man is a member of a society, and hath some 
common terms of union and conjuncture, which make all 
the body susceptive of all accidents to any part. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 260. 
2. Combination of circumstances or affairs; 
especially, a critical state of affairs ; a crisis. 
It pleased God to make tryall of my conduct in a con- 
juncture of the greatest and most prodigious hazard that 
ever the youth of England saw. Evelyn, Diary, 1041. 
Perhaps no man could, at that conjuncture, have ren- 
dered more valuable services to the court. 
Macaidatj, Hist. Eng., vii. 
Those largest of all conjuncture* which you properly 
call times of revolution must demand and supply a delib- 
erative eloquence all their <>wn. 
11. Choate, Addresses, p. 167. 
conjungedt, a- [< L. conjung-ere, join together 
(see conjoin), + -ed?.] Same as conjoined. 
conjuration (kon-jg-ra'shon), n. [< ME. con- 
juracioun = D. conjuratie = G. conjuration, < 
OF. conjuration, F. conjuration = Sp. conjura- 
tion = Pg. conjuragSo = It. congiurazione, < L. 
conjuratio(n-), a swearing together, a conspira- 
cy, ML. also enchantment, adjuration, < conju- 
rare, pp. conjuratus, conspire, etc. : see conjure. 
The older form (in ME. and F.) is conjurison, 
q. v.] If. A conspiracy ; a plot ; a league for 
criminal ends. 
The conjuration of Catiline. 
Sir T. Elyot, The Governour, in. 28. 
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connaturality 
I am believed to conjure, raise storms and devils, by conn 3 , " See poll 3 . 
whose power I can do wonders. COnnablet, See covenable. 
Beau, and Fl., Woman-Hater, iv. 2. connascence , connascency (ko-nas'ens, -en-si), 
' - ~ 
II. trans. 1 (kon-jor'). To call on or sum- 
mon by a sacred name or in a solemn manner ; 
implore with solemnity ; adjure ; solemnly en- 
treat. 
The Provost conjured him, as he was a Christian, to go 
and tell the Duke of Alva, his Provost was there clapped 
up, nor could he imagine why. llomll, Letters, I. iv. 28. 
I conjure you ! let him know, 
Whate'er was done against him, Cato did it. 
Addimn, Cato. 
cimnascent: see -ence, -ency.J 1. The 
,wo or more at the same time ; produc- 
tion of two or more together. [Rare.] 
Those geminous births and double comuixcencles. 
XIr T. llromie, Vulg. Err., iii. 15. 
2. The act of growing together or at the same 
time. [Rare.] 
Symphasis denotes a cnnnancFHce, or growing together. 
Witeman. 
2 (kuu'jer). To affect or effect by magic or connascent (ko-nas' ent), . [< LL. eonnas- 
enchantment: procure or bring about by prac- ((-)*, ppr. of COWKMCI, be born at the same 
tising the arts of a conjurer. time, < L. com-, together, + nasci, be born : see 
The Poet neuer maketh any circles about your imagina- nascent, and cf. connate.'] 1. Born or produced 
tion, to coniure you to beleeue for true what he writes. together or at the same time. 2. Growing to- 
Sir P. Sidney, Apol. for Poetrie. | her or in company . [Rare in both uses.] 
company. [Ra 
The habitation which your prophet . . . conjured the COJma te (kou'at), a. [= Sp. Pg. It. eimnato, < 
devil into - Shalc -' M ' of v '' L 3 ' LL. connatus, pp. of connasci, be born together : 
3 (kun'jer). To call or raise up or bring into see conna scent, and cf. cognate.] 1. Inborn; im- 
existence by conjuring, or as^if by conjuring: p i ante( i at O r existing from birth; congenital. 
A difference has been made by some : those diseases or 
conditions which are dependent upon original conforma- 
tion being called congenital; while the diseases or affec- 
with up : as, to conjure up a phantom. 
Thou know'st my praise of nature most sincere, 
And that my raptures are not conjur'd up 
To serve occasions of poetic pomp. 
Coioper, The Task, i. 
He cannot conjure up a succession of images, whether 
tions that may have supervened during gestation or deliv- 
ery lire termed connate. DunyKson. 
The conviction that if we are sent into the world with 
grave "or gay to flit across the fancy or play in the eye. certain connate principles of truth, those principles can- 
Gi/onl, Int. to Ford's Plays, p. xliv. no t be false. G. It. Levet. 
= Syn. 1. See list under adjure. 2. To charm, enchant. 3. Cognate; allied in origin or nature. 
mfC 1 T> stsvnvuji* Kr\ rfMMiiom 
conjuret, . [ME., = Pr. conjur = Sp. conjv.ro; 
from the verb.] Conjuration ; enchantment. 
And gan out of her cofre take 
Heln thought an hevenly flgure, 
^ *# 
, II. 247. 
2. 
name; 
treaty. 
We charge you, in the name of God, take heed. . . . 
Under this conjuration, speak, my lord. 
Shak., Hen. V., i. 2. 
Lys. Answer me truly. 
Lyd I will do that without a conjuration. 
Fletcher (and Massingerl), Lovers' Progress, iv. 3. 
3. A magical form of words used with the view 
of evoking supernatural aid ; an incantation ; 
an enchantment ; a magic spell. 
I will a round unvarnish'd tale deliver 
Of my whole course of love : what drugs, what charms, 
What conjuration, and what mighty magic 
(For such proceeding I am charg'd withal), 
I won his daughter. Shak., Othello, i. 3. 
conjuratort (kon'j8-ra-tor), n. [= F. conjura- 
teur = ~Pr. Sp. Pg. conjur'ador = It. congiuratore, 
< ML. conjurator, a conspirator, < L. conjurare, 
pp. conjuratus, conspire, etc. : see conjure, v. 
Cf. conjurer.] In old Eng. law, one bound by an 
oath with others ; a conjuror ; a conspirator. 
conjurement (kon-jor'ment), n. [< OF. con- 
jurement = It. "congiuramentp, < ML. conjura- 
mentum, < L. conjurare, conjure: see conjure, 
.] Adjuration ; solemn demand or entreaty. 
[Rare.] 
Earnest iutreaties and serious conjurementi. 
There was originally no greater mechanical aptitude, 
and no greater desire to progress, in us than in the con- 
nate nations of northern Europe. 
//. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 429. 
That keen acumen connate with daring boldness, and 
that power to govern linguistic phenomena, which the 
Gottingeu professor has heretofore displayed in fields of 
investigation embracing a wider horizon. 
Ainer. Jour. Philol., VII. 232. 
In the wilderness I find something more dear and con- 
note than in streets or villages. Emerson, Misc., p. 17. 
3. In anat. and zool., united; not separated by 
a joint or suture ; confluent ; specifically, in 
"I entom, immovably united; soldered together, 
(kon-jor er, -or, in senses 1 T ,..,,_ th( , m p nrum and lieula mav be connate 
Graf ton, Hen. VII., an. 29. 
conjure (kon-jor' or kun'jer: see etym. and 
dels.), v. ; pret. and pp. conjured, ppr. conjuring. 
[Historically the pron. is kun'jer in all senses ; 
but the pron. kon-jor', based on mod. F. or the 
= It. congiuratore, < ML. conjurator, a conjur- both adnate anf i coa lesccnt. Some- 
er, also one bound by an oath with others, a timeg eo i,erent.-Ctaaa.1 elytra, in 
conspirator: see Conjurator, and conjure, r.] If. entom., those elytra which are immovably 
One bound by a solemn oath; a conjurator; a united at the suture, the wings in this 
conspirator. 2. One who solemnly enjoins or case being aborted. -Connate leaf, a 
conjures.-3. An enchanter; one wL practises ^J&JK&^^SS!; 
magic or uses secret charms ; a magician. t | le pe ti ie, if petiolate : in the flrst case 
Now do I it is jifrftiliatr, ; in the second, peltate. 
Sit like a conjuror within my circle, connate-perfoliate (kon ' at - per- Connate Leaves. 
And these the devils that are rais'd about me. fo'li-at), a. In lot., connate about 
Beau, and Fl., Woman-Hater, v. fi. the stem by ft broad bage . gaid o f opposite 
From the account the loser brings, leaves 
The conjurer knows who stole Che things. Prior. connat i on (ko-na'shon), M. [< LL. connatus, 
Hence 4. One who practises legerdemain; a conna te: see connate, and cf. cognation.] 1. 
juggler Bird-conjurer*, an augur; a haruspex ; one Connection by birth: natural union. Dr. H. 
who divines by birds. Also called Krd-dimner. No con- ,, TRare 1 2 In zoi'il. and anat., the for- 
jurer. one who is far from being clever or learned. f fl [fnnWd Production of two things together ; 
juror Conyrem; Love for Love, ii. 9. connation of the toes of a palmiped bird by their 
conjuring-cup (kun'jer-ing-kup), , Same as webs; connation of two processes rf bone which 
suri)rise-cup. 
--- - [ME. conjurison, conjurisoun, 
arise by a single center of ossification. Con- 
nation is an earlier and more intimate or com- 
< OF. conjurer, cunjurer, mod. F. conjurer = Sp. 
Pg. eonjurar = It. congiurare, < L. conjurare, 
swear together, assent with an oath, assent, 
unite, agree, conspire, in ML. also conjure, ad- 
jure, exorcise,< com-, together, + ./rare, swear: 
see jurat, jury, and cf. adjure, perjure.'} I. in- 
trans. If (kon-jor'). To swear together ; band 
together under oath ; conspire ; plot. 
Hieu . . . coniuml aseynst loram. 
Wyclif, 4 Ki. [2 Ki.] ix. 14 (Oxf.). 
His seruauntis rysen and conjureden bytwene hemseluen. 
Wyclif, 4 Ki. [2 Ki.] xii. 20 (Oxf.). 
Had conjured among themselves and conspired against 
the Englishmen. Foxe. 
And in proud rebellious arms 
Drew after him the third part of heaven's sons, 
Conjured against the Highest. Milton, P. L., ii. 693. 
2 (kun'jer). To practise the arts of a conjur- 
er; use arts to engage, or as if to engage, the 
aid of supernatural agents or elements in per- 
forming some extraordinary act. 
Therupon he gan conjure 
So that through his enchantement 
This lady . . . 
Met [dreamed] as she slepte thilke while 
How fro the heven ther came a light. 
Cower, Conf. Araant., III. 67. 
form ot conjuration, > ME. conjuracioun, E. con- 
juration, q. v.] 1. A conspiracy; a conjuration. 
There is made a strong coniurysoun. 
Wyclif, 2 Ki. [2 Sam.] xv. 12. 
2. An enchantment ; a conjuration ; a charm. 
So he leorned . . . 
Ay to aquelle his enemye 
With charmes and with conjurisom. 
King Alisaunder (Weber's Metr. Eom.), 1. 79. 
conjuror, . See conjurer. 
conjury (kun'jer-i), . [< conjure + -</.] The 
acts or art of a conjurer; magic; jugglery. 
[Rare.] 
Priesthood works out its task age after age, . . . exer- 
cising the same conjuru over ignorant baron and cowardly 
hindf Motley, Dutch Republic, I. 30. 
conk (kongk), , [E. dial., var. of cfcl.] A 
confidential chat. 
" Well ! yo' lasses will have your conks, a know ; secrets 
'bout sweethearts and such like." 
Mrs. Gaskell, Sylvia's Lovers, vi. 
con moto (kon mo'to). [It.: con, < L. cum, with ; 
moto, < L. motus, motion, movement, < movere, 
pp. motus, move: see cum- and move.'] In mu- 
sic, with spirited movement. 
I conjure only but to raise un him. COm^t, . See con* 1. 
Shak., E. and J., ii. 1. COnn 2 . V. t. See MOT. 
+ -/.] Of the same "origin; connected by 
birth. 
connatural (ko-nat'u-ral), a. [= F. connaturel 
= Sp. Pg. connatural = It. connaturale, < ML. 
connaturalis, < L. COMI-, together, + naturalis, 
natural, etc. : see natural.] 1. Of the same na- 
ture; like in quality or kind; closely related 
or assimilated. 
Often it falls out that great Solemnities are waited on 
with great Disasters or rather, indeed, as being connatu- 
ral, they can hardly be asunder. Baker, Chronicles, p. 62. 
And mix with our connatural dust. 
Milton, P. L., xi. 529. 
2. Belonging by birth or nature; intimately 
pertaining; connate; inborn. 
These affections are connatural to us, and as we grow 
np, so do they. Sir R. L' Estrange. 
But in spite of its power of assimilation, there is much 
of the speech of England which has never become connatu- 
ral to the Anglican people. 
G. P. Marsh, Lects. on Eng. Lang., i. 
connaturality (ko-nat-u-ral'i-ti), n. [= OF. 
connaturalite, connaturalete = Pg. connaturaU- 
dade = It. connaturalita, < ML. *eonnatura1i- 
ta(t-)s, < connaturalis : see connatural.] Par- 
ticipation in the same nature ; natural union or 
relation. [Rare.] 
