considerable 
Some valued themselves as they were mothers, and oth- 
ers as they were the daughters, of some contiderable per- 
sons. Addison, Vision of Justice. 
Some considerable men of their acquaintance deter- 
mined to emigrate to New England. 
Everett, Orations, II. 6. 
4. Of somewhat large amount or extent; of 
not a little importance from its effects or re- 
sults ; decidedly more than the average : as, a 
man of considerable influence; a considerable 
estate. 
We [the English] did nothing by Land that was consid- 
erable, yet if we had staid but a Day or two longer . . . 
the whole Fleet of Galeons from Nova Hispania had fallen 
into our own Mouths. Howell, Letters, I. iv. 17. 
Considerable sums of money. Clarendon, 
A body of a very considerable thickness. 
T. Bur-net, Theory of the Earth. 
To a regular customer, or one who makes any consider- 
able purchase, the shop-keeper generally presents a pipe. 
E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, II. 10. 
II. n. If. A thing of importance or interest. 
He had a rare felicity in speedy reading of books, and 
as it were but a turning them over would give an exact 
account of all considerables therein. 
Fuller, Holy State, II. x. 7. 
2. Much ; not a little : as, he has done consider- 
able for the community ; I found considerable to 
detain me. [Colloq.] 
considerableness (kpn-sid'er-a-bl-nes), n. De- 
gree of importance, consequence, or dignity ; a 
degree of value or importance that deserves no- 
tice. [Rare.] 
We must not always measure the considerablenesi of 
things by their . . . immediate usefulness. Boyle. 
considerably (kon-sid'er-a-bli), adv. In a de- 
gree deserving notice ; in a degree not trifling 
or unimportant. 
And Europe still considerably gains 
Both by their good examples and their pains. 
Roscommon, On Translated Verse. 
considerancet (kqn-sid'er-ans), n. [< ME. eon- 
nideraunce, < OP*, considerance = Pr. considc- 
ransa = It. considcranza (obs.), < L. conside- 
rantia, < consideran(t-)s, ppr. of considerare, 
consider: see consider.] Consideration; reflec- 
tion ; sober thought. 
Consideraunce is taken atte prudence 
What mon we moost enforme. 
Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 1. 
considerate (kon-sid'er-at), a. [= Sp. Pg. con- 
siderado = It. considerate, < L. consideratus, pp. 
of considerate, consider: see consider.] 1. Giv- 
en to consideration or sober reflection ; thought- 
ful ; hence, circumspect ; careful ; discreet ; 
prudent ; not hasty or rash ; not negligent. 
JSneas [was] patient, considerate, [and] careful of his 
people. Dryden, Preface to Fables. 
In that protest which each considerate, person makes 
against the superstition of his times, he repeats step for 
step the part of old reformers. Emerson, History. 
The perplexities involved in the re-adj ustment of the na- 
tion's political bases were great enough to task the most 
considerate statesmanship. 
G. S. Merriam, S. Bowles, II. 20. 
2. Regardful; mindful. 
Though they will do nothing for virtue, yet they may be 
presumed more considerate of praise. 
Decay of Christian Piety. 
3. Marked by consideration or reflection; de- 
liberate ; thoughtful ; heedful : as, to give a 
proposal a considerate examination. 
I went the next day secretly . . . to take a considerate 
view. Sir H. Blount, Voyage to the Levant, p. 106. 
4. Characterized by consideration or regard for 
another's circumstances or feelings ; not heed- 
less orunfeeling; notrigorous oreacting; kind: 
as, a considerate master; considerate treatment. 
Watchfully considerate to all dependent upon her. 
W. R. Grey, Misc. Essays, 1st ser., p. 183. 
considerately (kon-sid'er-at-li), adr. 1. With 
due consideration or deliberation ; with reason. 
I may considerately say, I never heard but one Oath 
sworne, nor never saw one man drunk, nor ever heard of 
three women Adulteresses, in all this time. 
N. Ward, Simple Collier, p. 67. 
2. With thoughtful regard, as for the circum- 
stances and feelings of others ; kindly : as, he 
very considerately offered me his umbrella. 
considerateness (kon-sid'er-at-nes), n. 1. 
Prudence ; calm deliberation. 2. Thoughtful 
regard for another's circumstances or feelings. 
consideration (kon-sid-e-ra'shou), it. [= F. 
consideration = Sp. consideracion = Pg. conside- 
ragao = It. consiilemzione, < L. consideratio(n-), 
consideration, contemplation, reflection, < con- 
siderare, pp. consideratus, consider: see con- 
sider.] 1. The act of considering; mental view; 
regard; notice: as, to take into consideration 
the probable consequences. 
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The cmmideration of the design of it [man's being] will 
more easily acquaint him with the nature of that duty 
which is expected from him. Stlllingjleet, Sermons, I. ii. 
2. Careful reflection ; serious deliberation. 
Let us think with consideration. Sidney. 
Consideration like an angel came, 
And whipn'd the offending Adam out of him. 
Shak., Hen. V., i. 1. 
Twelue intended here a while to haue stayed, but vpon 
better consideration, how meanely we were provided, we 
left this Island. 
Quoted in Capt. John Smith's True Travels, I. 108. 
Apothegms are rather subjects for consideration than 
articles for belief. Selden, Table-Talk, Int., p. 9. 
3. Contemplation; observation; heed: with of: 
as, he was acquitted in consideration of his 
youth. 
consignation 
COnsiderativet (kon-sid'er-a-tiv), a. [= F. 
consideratif = It. considerativo, < L. as if *co- 
siderativus, < consideratus, pp. of considerare, 
consider: see consider.] Considerate ; thought- 
ful; careful. 
I love to be considerative ; and 'tis true, 
I have at my free hours thought upon 
Some certain goods unto the state of Venice. 
B. Jonson, Volpone, iv. 1. 
consideratort (kon-sid'er-a-tor), n. [= Sp. Pg. 
coiisiderador = It. consideratore, < L. considera- 
tor,< considerare, pp. consideratus, consider: see 
consider.] One who considers; a considerer: 
as, "mystical considerators," Sir T. Browne, Gar- 
den of Cyrus. 
considerer (kon-sid'er-er), . One who consid- 
ers or takes heed; an observer. [Rare.] 
The love you bear jto , Mopaa hath brought you to the con- ^ r&i ^ ieih a i earne d Reader, and a right considerer 
wv ' of him. Ascham, The Scholemaster, p. 154. 
They are not skilfull considerers of human things, who 
imagine to remove sin by removing the matter of sin. 
Milton, Areopagitica, p. 26. 
The sovereign is bound to protect his subjects, in con- 
sideration of their allegiance to him. Brougham. 
4. Thoughtful, sympathetic, appreciative, or 
deserved regard or respect: with for before the 
subject considered: as, consideration for the 
feelings of others is the mark of a gentleman. 
The undersigned has the honour to repeat to Mr. Hulse- 
man the assurance of his high consideration. I). Webster. 
The consideration with which he [Galileo] was treated. 
Whewell. 
Consideration for the poor is a doctrine of the Church. 
J. H. Newman, Development of Christ. Doct., i. 3. 
We learn patience, tolerance, respect for conflicting 
views, equitable consideration for eonscientioiis opposi- 
tion. Stubbs, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 95. 
5. Some degree of importance ; claim to notice 
or regard ; place in or hold upon regard, atten- 
tion, or thought. 
Lucan is the only author of consideration among the Lat- 
in poets who was not explained for the use of the Dauphin. 
Addison, Freeholder. 
6. That which is or should be considered; a 
subject of reflection or deliberation ; a matter 
of import or consequence ; something taken or 
to be taken into account : as, the public good 
should be the controlling consideration with a 
statesman. 
He was obliged, antecedent to all other considerations, 
to search an asylum. Dryden. 
The truth is, some consuleralions, which are necessary 
to the forming of a correct judgment, seem to have escaped 
the notice of many writers of the nineteenth century. 
Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vii. 
The poor working man with a large family, to whom 
pence were a serious consideration. 
S. Dowell, Taxes in England, IV. 28. 
7. Recompense for trouble, service rendered, 
or the like; remuneration. 
They hoped that I would give them some consideration 
to be carryed in a chaire to the toppe. 
Coryat, Crudities, I. 77. 
That they had we equally divided, but gaue them cop- 
per, and such things as contented them in consideration. 
Quoted in Capt. John Smith's True Travels, I. 204. 
The gentleman shall not have the trouble to put on a 
fire. . . . I'll put it on myself for a consideration. 
Scott, Fortunes of Nigel, xxii. 
8. In law, that which a contracting party ac- 
cepts as an equivalent for a service rendered ; 
the sum or thing given, or service rendered, in 
exchange for something else, or the sum, thing, 
or service received in exchange for something; 
the price of a promise or a transfer of property. 
This may consist either in a benefit to the promisor or 
a burden assumed by the promisee, or both. A contract 
must be mutual, and one side is the consideration of the 
other. A promise made without any such counter com- 
pensation or equivalent may be binding in morals, but the 
law does not recognize it as a contract nor compel its 
performance. It is not essential that a consideration be 
an equivalent in a commercial sense, nor even that it have 
any commercial value. Even exoneration from a moral 
obligation which could not be enforced at law may be a 
consideration for an express promise to perform it : thus, 
where a debtor, after a legal discharge in bankruptcy or 
by the statute of limitations, without having paid any- 
thing, recognizes his moral obligation to pay, and makes 
an express promise to do so, the moral obligation is deem- 
ed a sufficient consideration to make the promise a legal 
contract. Concurrent consideration, a consideration 
received contemporaneously with the making of the prom- 
ise. Executed consideration, a consideration previ- 
ously received. Executory consideration, a consider- 
ation that was to be received subsequently to the making 
of the promise. Failure of consideration, resulting 
worthlessness or inadequacy of a consideration originally 
apparently good : distinguished from want of considera- 
tion (which see, below). Good consideration, the nat- 
ural love or affection, or other adequate motive, on ac- 
count of which a benefit is conferred without a valuable 
equivalent. Such a consideration is generally sufficient, 
except as against creditors. Valuable consideration, 
in law, a consideration which may be deemed valuable in 
a pecuniary sense, as money, goods, services, or the prom- 
ise of either. Actual marriage may also be a valuable con- 
sideration. Want of consideration, original lack of 
any consideration whatever. = Syn. 1 and 2. Attention, 
reflection. 
consideringly (kon-sid'er-ing-li), adv. With 
consideration or deliberation. 
consign (kon-sin'), t'. [= D. konsigneren = G. 
consigniren = Dan. konsignere=:Sw. konsignera, 
< F; consigner, consign, present, deliver, OF. 
seal, attest, = Sp. Pg. consignor = It. coH.se- 
gnare, < L. consignare, seal, sign, attest, regis- 
ter, record, ML. also deliver, < com-, together, + 
signare, sign, mark : see sign.] I. trans. If. To 
impress, as or as if with a stamp or seal. 
The primitive Christians, who consigned all their affairs, 
and goods, ami writings, with some marks of their Lord, 
usually writing, . . . "Jesus Christ, the Son of God, our 
Saviour," made it an abbreviature by writing only the 
capitals. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), 1. 117. 
2. To give, send, or commit ; relegate ; make 
over; deliver into the possession of another or 
into a different state, implying subsequent fix- 
edness or permanence: sometimes with over: 
as, at death the body is consigned to the grave. 
Men, by free gift, consign over a place to the divine 
worship. Soitth. 
Me to some churl in bargain he'll consign, 
And make some tyrant of the parish mine. 
Crabbe, Parish Register. 
Authoritative treatises are consigned to oblivion, ancient 
controversies cease, the whole store of learning hived up 
in many capacious memories becomes worthless. 
J. R. Seeley, Nat. Religion, p. 7. 
3. To deliverer transfer, as a charge or trust; 
intrust ; appoint. 
The four Evangelists consigned to writing that history. 
Addisoti. 
She then consigned me to Lnttrell, asking him to show 
me the grounds. Macaulay, Life and Letters, I. 196. 
4. In com., to transmit by carrier, in trust for 
sale or custody : usually implying agency in 
the consignee, but also used loosely of the act 
of transmitting by carrier to another for any 
purpose: as, the goods were consigned to the 
London agent. 5. To put into a certain form 
or commit for permanent preservation. 6. To 
set apart; appropriate; apply. 
The French commander consigned it to the use for which 
it was intended. Dryden, Ded. of Fables. 
= Syn. Intrust, Conjide, etc. See commit. 
n.t intrans. 1. To submit; surrender one's 
self; yield. 
All lovers young, all lovers must 
Consif/n to thee, and come to dust. 
Shak., Cymbeline, iv. 2 (song). 
2. To agree, assent, or consent. 
A hard condition ... to consign to. 
Shak., Hen. V., v. 2. 
consignatary (kpn-sig'na-ta-ri), n. ; pi. cons-ig- 
notaries (-riz). [= F. consignataire = Sp. Pg. 
coiisignatario = It. consegnatario, < ML. as if 
*coimgnatarius, < consignare, pp. consignatus, 
consign : see consign.] One to whom any trust 
or business is consigned. 
consignation (kon-sig-na'shou), . [= D. kon- 
signatie = G. consignation . = Dan. Sw. Consigna- 
tion, < F. consignation = Sp. consignacion = Pg. 
consignaqao = It. consegnazione, < ML. consigna- 
tio(n-), a consigning, L. a written proof, < con- 
.tignfire, pp. consignattts, consign: see consign.] 
If. The act of confirming, as by signature or 
stamp ; hence, an indication ; an evidence ; con- 
firmation. 
Our obedience . . . is urged to us by the consignation of 
Divine precepts and the loud voice of thunder, even sealed 
by a signet of God's right hand. 
Jer. Taiilor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 62. 
2f. The act of consigning or relegating ; con- 
signment. 
Despair is a certain consignation to eternal ruin. 
Jer. Taylor. 
