connaturality 
TlicTi! U :i r,,,iii,itnnii;i<i ami cnnk'rnliy between tint 
knnwk'ilKe . - all'l that 
Sir M. llnl,-. ni, L .. ,,( Mankind, p. i-'. 
connaturalize (ko-nat'u-l-i/.), . t. [< (/<- 
niitiiriil + -i;c.] To connect by nature; adjust 
or reconcile naturally. [Hare.] 
II .u iiflcn have yirti been fnrced 1" suallow -i 
. . . before, ever \nii 1<I eonnatura/iu \niir miiiniKht 
i-cvcis in > in,,' temper. ./. .sv.iii. rhiistian i.ir.-, i. i 
connaturally (ko-mit'u-ral-i), nrfr. In a con- 
natural manner; connately; by nature; origi- 
nally. ,s'*r Jtf. Hale. 
There exists I.ettteen onr own being BIHl the worlil of 
externalities :i wide runge at oiiinatrilll<l citalilMle.l re 
lati.HIS .Ml'.!''. l\. i..". 
COnnaturalnesS (ko-imt'u-nil-nes), . Partici- 
pation in tin- same nature; natural union or 
relation. 
Such in tin- ^u< i tin 1 .*-* of our *ins, such the ,-nniilured- 
n--xx uf our curl n|il inn-*. 
/;/'. .\lt'.,-lnii-n, Seniiuiis. I., I'ref. to xi. 
connature (ko-na'tur), ii. [<<-+ in/inn, ct 1 . 
I'liiiiKiliinil. | Likeness in n;il nre or kind ; iden- 
tity or similarity ol' character. 
Coil Mfiliircwasdetlacil as likeness in kiml, either between 
Iwiirli.iii^,- Inconsclou '-II two slates of i-iin. 
dOtUM*. //. ,S>'rrr, I' 1 '' 11 "' I'sych"!., I 371. 
connaught (kon'at), . [Appar. named .from 
I'liiiiKuii/lil. a province of Ireland.] A kind of 
cotton i'loth used as a foundation for embroi- 
dery. Alsocalleil .liini i-iinrii.i and Inili- cnlhi-rt. 
COnne't, A Middle Knglish fonn of cow 1 , 
din ' . 
COnne'-'t, ''. ' A Middle KngliHh form of CIHI-. 
Connect (ko-nekt'), V. [= F. COim/rlir = Sp. 
coiii-rtiir = It. i-innii'ttrri', < L. cniinrcli n , usually 
ri'ini'ctere, pp. conncxus, cdncxus, bind together, 
connect, < coin-, co-, together, + iiectere, pp. 
nexus, bind, tie, = Skt. ynoA, bind : see nejus.] 
I. traiiK. To bind or fasten together; join or 
unite; conjoin; combine j associate closely : as, 
to I'/nniect ideas; the strait of Gibraltar connects 
the Mediterranean with the Atlantic. 
In Him no hi'-'h. no low, no great, no small; 
He tilts, lit- liiiunils. i-u/imvfx, and equals all. 
Pupe, Essay on Mail, I. 280. 
Now, In the earliest states of society, all truth that has 
any intercut or inipiirtancc: formal, ill nuect itself with 
heaven. De Quincey, stjle, ii. 
The English . . . saw their sovereign . . . connecting 
him,. If by the strongest ties with the most faithless and 
merciless persecutor. IHacaulay, Sir James Mackintosh. 
Connecting cartilage. Nee ntriHagt. 
II. intrans. To join, unite, or cohere. 
This part will not connect with what goes hefore. 
Bp. Horns. 
connectedly (ko-nok'ted-li), adv. By connec- 
tion ; in a connected manner; conjointly; co- 
herently, as an argument. 
connecting-cell (ko-uek'ting-sel), . A term 
used by Harvey for 'Keterunjxt. 
connecting-link (ko-nek'ting-lingk), n. 1. A 
chain-link having a movable section, so that 
it can be used to unite two portions of a chain. 
Also called coi<pli>i</-li>ik. 2. Figuratively, 
anything that links or joins one thing to an- 
other; that which serves to connect or unite 
members of a series, or to fill a hiatus between 
them : as, a connectiny-link in an argument, or 
in a chain of evidence ; a connecting-link be- 
tween two orders of being. 
connecting-rod (ko-nek'ting-rod), n. In engin. : 
(a) The coupling-rod which connects the pis- 
ton with the crank of the driving-wheel axle of 
a locomotive engine. See cut under locomo- 
tirr. (b) The outside coupling-rod which con- 
nects the wheels of a locomotive engine. (c) 
The rod connecting the cross-head of a beam- 
engine with thatend of the working-beam which 
plays over the cylinder. 
connection, connexion (ko-nek'shon), . 
[Prop. coiiiii'.i'iini. rtiHiirrtioti being a false spell- 
ing, like flection, deflection, inflection, reflection. 
after the supposed analogy of affection, dejec- 
tion, etc., wliich, however, depend on verbs 
(affect, deject, etc.) in which the t really belongs 
to the L. pp. and supine stem, whereas in con- 
nect, deflect, etc., it is a part of the present 
stem; < F. connexion = Sp. conerion = Pg. 
coHHcxdo = It. eotuii'sxinne, < L. connejtio(n-), 
usually <wif.rio(H-), < con nectere, conectere, pp. 
mniK'.rii.*, coHi-jrim, connect: see connect.] 1. 
The state of being connected or joined ; union 
by junction, by an intervening substance or 
medium, by dependence or relation, or by or- 
der in a series. 
M.\ heart, which liy secret harmony 
still moves with thine, join M ill connexion sweet. 
.ViV'ini, P. L., x. 359. 
1199 
i while you live have two ploU to your tragedy. 
r .llli! p'lint ill Ni.in:e.'lh^ them 1- ullly til let \ulir 111! 
ilerpli.t have a 111 wi with your main \ 
>'.:. Hie Critie, ii. -J. 
^'tween cause ami effect. Wheietll. 
All tic ie.jni-,1 itiiectiiHm arc fully 
lihcd ilurliiK the luiet enil.ryimie IAI , I, cre. 
Inn ./. f\Ar, I f :ilo. 
2. The net of connecting; tin- net of uniting, 
:i~-.icialinc;, or bringing into relation. 3. .- 
nl intercourse. 4. Helatioiwhip by family tic~. 
more piirlieuhirly by distant consanguinit y <ir 
by nnirriiie;e; lienee, a relative, es| iiilly a 
distant une. 
I'.nt. pniv. Mr. rreininm. are you .K-imuint. il at nil nith 
;in> nl ,n> I-'I/I/I.-JHI/I.^ ' Sln-ri'lim, Selmnl (nr seiniilal, Hi. '.'. 
Now she'll kniiw MM! ;L ill nee of a fellow she has 
(lighted; -he'll know .~l,e |,ii put an affront II|HJII a <</ 
if the TiHlwortlul 
J. T. I ' 'illpun HondK, p. 74. 
6. A circle of persons with whom one is brought 
into more or less intimate relation: ax, a l.u_^- 
business i-'iiiii<ftii>ii : lid :iny member of 
sucli u circle. 6. An association or united 
body ; a religious sect : as, the Methodist run - 
ncction. 
It wan a toleralily comfortable class of the community, 
that drcailful n.n/i.-cli..,i. .W;. (>li,,l,<inl, Snlelii rhap. I. ii. 
7. A series or set of circumstances or notions ; 
a number of related notions or matters under 
cMiisiilcratiini, or thought of together: especial- 
ly in the phrases in tin.* I-UHHK-II'IH or I'M Unit con- 
ini-liiin (that is, in connection with the matter 
now, or then, mentioned or under discussion). 
Christian Connection. See Chrittiani, n., 6 (a). 
To make connections, to join or meet, especially a rail- 
wa\ -train i>r n steamlioat, at the place and time intended : 
as, he failed to makf connection* at New York. |<'olloq. ] 
= Syn. 1. Junction, etc. (we union); coherence, contiim 
Ity association, alliance, intercourse, communication, af- 
finity. 4. lirtaticc, etc. See relation. 
connectional, conneiional (ko-nek'shon-al), 
a. [< connection, connexion, + -til.] 1. Per- 
taining to or of the nature of a connection or 
union. 2. Pertaining to a religious sect or 
connection. 
Thus in all the connectional Interests of the united 
church there would he from the very commencement the 
most practical union. Cltrint. Union, Oct. IS, 1871, p. 252. 
connectival (kon-ek-ti'val or ko-nek'ti-val), a. 
[< connective + -oi.] Relating to or of the 
nature of a connective. 
connective (ko-nek'tiv), a. and n. [= F. con- 
ncctif, < NL. connectivus, < L. connectere, con- 
nect: see connect and -ice. Ct. connexivc.] I. 
a. Having the power of connecting ; serving or 
tending to connect; connecting. 
There are times when prepositions totally lose their con- 
nectirje nature, being converted into adverbs. 
Harrit, Hermes, 11. 8. 
Connective tissue, in aim/., a tissue of mesohlastic ori- 
gin, composed of fusiform and branching cells with nbril- 
lated intercellular substance. It forms the corium and the 
tendons and ligaments, and constitutes the framework of 
the various organs in which their proper cells are sus- 
tained. It yields gelatin on boiling. The conneclire- 
tiiiue ffroup embraces connective tissue proper, IKIIIC, 
ilentine. cartilage, and mucous tissue. These are all de- 
rived from the mesoblast. 
II. . That which connects. Specidcally (a) 
In "ii!.. a word used to connect words, clauses, and sen* 
icuccs. In the widest sense this term includes relatives 
and words derived from them, many adverlm, prepositions 
(as connecting verbs and adjectives with nouns, or one 
noun with another), and conjunctions ; but it is most fre- 
quently applied to conjunctions. (It) In but., the portion 
of the filament which connects the two cells of an anther. 
See gtamen. (c) In aunt, and zool., a nervous commis- 
sure; a cord between two ganglia: distinguished from 
ganglion. 
connectively (ko-nek'tiv-li), adr. In a con- 
nective manner'; by union or conjunction; 
jointly. 
Whenever they [the people) can unite connectively, or 
by deputation. Swift. 
connectivum (kon-ek-ti'vum), n. [NL., neut. 
of connectivus: see connective.] In (/;//. and 
liliyniol., a tissue belonging to the connective- 
tissue group. 
connector (ko-nek'tor), M. [< connect + -or.] 
One who or that which connects, specifically 
(n) In '-If at., a small flexible tube for connecting the ends 
of glass tubes In pneumatic experiments. (6) In elect., a 
device for holding two parts of a conductor In Intimate 
contact; a binding-screw; a clamp, (c) A car-coupling. 
[Eng.] 
connellite (ko-nel'it), H. [Named after a Brit- 
ish chemist, ConneU.] A rare sulphatochlo- 
rid of copper, occurring in slender hexagonal 
crystals of a fine blue color in Cornwall, Eng- 
land. 
Conner 1 (kon'er), n. [< con 2 + -er 1 .] One 
who tests, examines, or inspects ; one who has 
a special knowledge of anything. See ale- 
conner. 
connive 
Conner- (kon'er or kun'eri. ii. \\\~.<i rniiilir; < 
,.!+ -i'.J 1. One wlin iiiij.'direc- 
tioiiH to tin- helmsman of a ship. 2t. -\ 
son who stood ii|ion a cliff or an elevated purl 
of tic in the time of the hcrring-liHli- 
ing, to point out to the lisliernn-n l.\ sign- the 
course of shoaU of ti-h ; a halker. 
Conner 1 ikun'ir, . [AUn riniiinr. Ml 
origin I'li-i-np.] 1. An Knglish name of the 
opt, a tisli of the family l.nliriiln . 
2. B0f i MM i' 1 . 
connezt, >'. t. [<L.M 
nectere, join together: sec i-nnni-ct.\ 
To link together; join; connect. 
All uitli that u'enei;il hal lie ni\ ~i ''"" '<-[.>! anil ill : 
milngUith .ilthe 
. 
...... nation Entertainment. 
connez (kon'eks), . [< L. connum*. pp.: see 
the verb.) In I/IHIII., any mixed form cm 
ing partly of points ami partly of lines, or of 
cither diverse element-.: specifically, a three- 
dimensional system of elements each enli-Ut 
ing of a line and a point in a li.xed plane, or a 
fiiur-diniensional system of elements each con- 
sist ing of a plane and a point in space, n,, 
uf Its .Dilation ill puinl 
cixinlinates ; its clatt U the degree of its equation in tan 
.cnii (or the clans of the euveloplm. 
ii face w hen the |>iiit U tlxeil). 
connexion, i'. BMfltaMeffM, 
connexional, <>. See connectional. 
COnnexity (ko-nek'si-ti), n. [As connfx + -ity. ] 
The state of Wing connected. 
The cimnexitii of a neural group. (.'. //. Levtt. 
conneziva, n. Plural of coniiexivum. 
connezivet (ko-nek'siv), a. [= Sp. conexito = 
I'g. c<>nnrjrivo,"< LL. connexivu*, conexivtui, serv- 
ing to connect, < L. connexwi, conexux, pp. of 
connectere, riimrti IT, connect: see connect. Cf. 
Connective. 
Brought in by this conncxin 1 particle, llierefore ((Jen. 
U. :>4). Hilton, Tetrachordon. 
connexivrun (kon-ek-si' \-urn), n. ; pi. connexira 
(-vS). [NL., neut. of LL. connexirus, eonexivus, 
serving to unite: see connrxii-c.] Iuetoni.,the 
flattened lateral border of the abdomen of he- 
mipterous insects, separated by deep grooves 
or sutures from the tergal and ventral surfaces, 
and frequently much dilated, so that it extends 
beyond the hemelytron in repose. 
connictation (kon-ik-ta'shgn), n. [< L. com- + 
nictatio(n-), winking, < nictare, pp. nictatm, 
wink: sea connive.] The act of winking. Bailey. 
conniet, . An obsolete spelling of cony. 
conning 1 1, ad An obsolete form of cun- 
n hi;/ 1 . 
conning 2 (kon'ing), . [Verbal n. of con 2 .] 
The act of one who cons or pores over a lesson. 
conning 3 (kon'ing or kun'ing), n. [Verbal n. 
of co a , r.] The act or art of directing a helms- 
man in steering or piloting a vessel. 
conning-tower (kon'ing-tou'er), M. The low, 
dome-shaped, shot-proof pilot-house of a war- 
vessel, particularly an ironclad. 
Like the others, she Is built of thin steel, and has a con- 
ninff-towfr amidships, from whence she will be steered in 
actfon. Sci. Ainer., N. 8., LIV. 52. 
connivance (ko-m'vans), . [Less correct 
form for connivence, also written connirency ; 
< F. connivence = Sp. Pg. contiircncia = It. cow- 
nirema, < L. conniventia, eoniventia, < eonnitere, 
conivere, connive : see ronnire.] 1. The act of 
conniving, tacitly permitting, or indirectly aid- 
ing; collusion by withholding condemnation or 
exposure ; tacit or implied encouragement, es- 
pecially of wrong-doing. 
It is better to mitigate usury by declaration than to suf- 
fer It to rage by connivance. Bacon, Usury. 
Better had It beene for him that the heathen had heard 
the fame of his justice than of his wilfull cvnnirrnet and 
partiality. Milton, On Def. of Iliimb. Kemonst. 
Such abuses had gradually prevailed and gained strength 
by MMMMML llallatn. 
2. In the laic of divorce, specifically, the cor- 
rupt consenting of a married person to that 
conduct in the spouse of which complaint is 
afterward made. Bishop. 
connivancy t (ko-ni' van-si), . Same as conni- 
vance or connivency. 
connive (ko-niv'), v. ; pret. and pp. connived, 
ppr. cniniinng. [= F. conniver, < L. conni'rere, 
usually conir'ere, wink, wink at, overlook an er- 
ror or crime, < COHI-, co-, + *nivere, wink, akin to 
nicere, beckon, freq. nictare, wink.] I. intrant. 
If. To wink. 
The artist is to teach them how to nod judiciously, to 
connive with either eye. *j~ '-tator, No. 906, 
