constablewick 
If directed to the constable of D., he is not bound to exe- 
cute the warrant out of the precincts of his constableivick. 
Sir M. Half, Pleas of Crown, i. 
constablish (kon-stab'lish), v. t. [< con- + 
stablish.] To establish along with, or with 
reference to, another or others. Constablished 
harmony, in Swedenboraianisin, the harmonious opera- 
tion of the laws by which the different orders of creation 
are controlled. 
constabulary (kon-stab'u-la-ri), . and . [< 
ML. constabnlarius, pertaining to a constable 
(fern, constabularia, the office or jurisdiction of 
a constable, a company of soldiers), < eonsta- 
bulus,a, constable: see constable.'] I. a. Per- 
taining to constables ; consisting of constables ; 
involving the functions of constables : as, a con- 
stabulary force. 
The police consists of a well organised constabulary 
force. M'Culloch, Oeog. Diet., Ireland. 
II. n. ; pi. constabularies (-riz). The body of 
constables of a district, as a town, city, or coun- 
ty; a body or class of officers performing the 
functions of constables: as, the constabulary of 
Ireland. 
constancet, n. [ME. : see constancy.] An ob- 
solete form of constancy. Chaucer. 
constancy (kon'stan-si), n. [< ME. Constance, < 
OF. Constance, F. Constance =Pr. Sp. Pg. constan- 
cia = It. constawza, costanza, < L. constantia, 
steadiness, firmness, unchangeableness, < con- 
stan(t-)s, steady, constant: see constant.'] 1. 
Fixedness ; a standing firm ; hence, immuta- 
bility ; unalterable continuance ; a permanent 
state. 
As soon 
Seek roses in December, ice in June ; 
Hope constancy in wind, or corn in chaff. 
Byron, Eng. Bards and Scotch Reviewers. 
Every increment of knowledge goes to show that con- 
stancy is an essential attribute of the Divine rule : an un- 
varyingness which renders the eclipse of a hundred years 
hence predicable to a moment ! 
//. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 58. 
2. Fixedness or firmness of mind; persevering 
resolution ; steady, unshaken determination ; 
particularly, firmness of mind under sufferings, 
steadfastness in attachments, perseverance in 
enterprise, or stability in love or friendship. 
Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good. 
Sir T. Browne, Religio Medici, i. 25. 
Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; 
But whispering tongues can poison truth ; 
And constancy lives in realms above. 
Coleridye, Christabel, ii. 
3f. Certainty; veracity; reality. 
But all the story of the night told over . . . 
More witnesseth than fancy's images, 
And grows to something of great constancy. 
Shak., M. N. D.,v. 1. 
=Syn. 1. Permanence; uniformity; regularity. 2. In- 
dustry, Application, etc. (see assiduity) ; Faithfulness, Fi- 
delity, etc. (see firmness), steadfastness, tenacity. 
constant (kon'stant), a. and n. [< F. constant 
= Sp. Pg. constante = It. constante, costante, < 
L. constan(t-)s, steady, firm, constant, ppr. of 
constare, stand together, stand firm, endure, be 
established or settled, < com-, together, + stare 
= E. stand.'] I. a. 1. Fixed; not varying; un- 
changing; permanent; immutable; invariable. 
The world's a scene of changes, and to be 
Constant, in nature were inconstancy. 
Cowley, Inconstancy. 
It is a law of psychological mathematics that the con- 
stant force of dulness will in the end overcome any vary- 
ing force resisting it. Stedtnan, Viet. Poets, p. 134. 
Specifically 2. Innat. hist., not subject to vari- 
ation ; not varying in number, form, color, ap- 
pearance, etc. , in the species or group ; always 
present : as, the middle stria is constant, though 
the lateral ones are often absent ; the renif orm 
spot is constant, but the other markings are sub- 
ject to variation. 3. Continuing for a long or 
considerable length of time ; continual ; endur- 
ing; lasting in or retaining a state, quality, or 
attribute; incessant; ceaseless: as, constant 
change. 
My constant weary pain. 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, II. 218. 
There is not only a constant motion of the ice from the 
pole outwards, but a constant downward motion as layer 
by layer is successively formed on the surface. 
J. Croll, Climate and Cosmology, p. 221. 
4. Regularly recurring ; continually renewed or 
reiterated; continual; persistent: as, the con- 
stant ticking of a clock; the constant repetition 
of a word ; constant moans or complaints. [Now 
used only with nouns of action.] 
At this time constant Rumour was blown abroad from all 
parts of Europe, that the Spaniards were coining again 
against England. Baker, Chronicles, p. 383. 
5. Fixed or firm in mind, purpose, or principle ; 
not easily swayed ; unshaken; steady; stable; 
1214: 
firm or unchanging, as in affection or duty; 
faithful; true; loyal; trusty. 
If I could pray to move, prayers would move me : 
But I am constant as the northern star 
Of whose true-fix'd and resting quality 
There is no fellow in the firmament. 
Shak., 3. C., iii. 1. 
The constant mind all outward force defied, 
By vengeance vainly urged, in vain assail'd by pride. 
Crabbe, Works, IV. 185. 
And the love 
I told beneath the evening influence, 
Shall be as constant as its gentle star. 
S. P. Willis. 
6f. Fixed in belief or determination ; insistent ; 
positive. 
The augurs are all constant I am meant. 
B. Jonsun, Catiline, i. 1. 
7f. Fixed; stable; solid: opposed to fluid. 
You may turn these two fluid liquors into a constant 
body. Boyle, Hist, of Firmness. 
8f. Strong; steady. 
Prithee, do not turn me about ; my stomach is not con- 
stant. Shak., Tempest, ii. 2. 
9f. Consistent; logical; reasonable. 
I am no more mad than you are ; make the trial of it in 
any constant question. Shak., T. N., iv. 2. 
10f. Indisputably true ; evident. 
It is constant, without any dispute, that if they had 
fallen on these provinces in the beginning of this month, 
Charleroy, Neville, Louvaine, &c., would have cost them 
neither time nor danger. 
Sir W. Temple, Works, ii. 35 (Ord MS.). 
= Syn. 1 and 3. Steadfast, stable, unchanging, unaltera- 
ble, invariable, perpetual, continual ; resolute, firm, stanch, 
unshaken, unwavering, determined ; persevering, assidu- 
ous, unremitting ; trusty. 
II. ft. That which is not subject to change ; 
something that is always the same in state 
or operation, or that continually occurs or re- 
curs. 
Human progress, as it is called, is always a mean be- 
tween the two conitant* of innovation and conservatism, 
new conceptions of truth and the tried wisdom of experi- 
ence. Quarterly llec., CLXII. 44. 
Specifically (a) In math., a quantity which is assumed 
to be invariable throughout a given discussion ; in the 
differential calculus, a quantity whose value remains fixed 
while others vary continuously. Although the constants 
do not vary by the variation of those quantities that are at 
first considered as variables, some or all of them may be 
conceived to vary in a second kind of change, called the 
variation of constants. A quantity which upon one sup- 
position would remain constant becomes variable by the 
introduction of another supposition. Thus, taking into 
account the earth's attraction only, the longitude of the 
moon's node is constant, but by the attraction of the sun 
and planets its place is slowly changed. In this case one of 
the constants is said to vat-y. In algebra the unknown quan- 
tities are considered as variables, the known quantities and 
coefficients as constants, (b) In physics, a numerical quan- 
tity, fixed under uniform conditions, expressing the value 
of one of the physical properties of a certain substance. 
Thus, the physical constants of ice are the values of its spe- 
cific gravity, melting-point, coefficient of expansion, index 
of refraction, electrical conductivity, etc. Similarly, in the 
case of a physical instrument a constant is a fixed value 
depending upon its dimensions, etc. Thus, the constant 
of a tangent galvanometer is the radius of its coil divided 
by the number of coils into 6.28318+. 
The strength of a current may be determined in "abso- 
lute " units by the aid of the tangent galvanometer if the 
constants of the instrument are known. 
S. P. Thompson, Elect, and Mag., p. 166. 
Arbitrary constant. See arbitrary. Circular con- 
stant. See circular. Constant of aberration, that one 
constant by the determination of which the aberration is 
obtained from its known laws at any given time. Con- 
stant Of integration, the new unknown constant which 
has to be introduced into every result of mathematical in- 
tegration. Constants of color. See color, i. Gravi- 
tation constant, the absolute modulus of gravitation, 
the acceleration per unit of time produced by the gravi- 
tating attraction of a unit mass at the unit of distance. 
The gravitation constant is about 0.0000000658 of a c. g. s. 
unit. Indeterminate constant, a constant the value 
of which is unsettled, and which therefore differs from a 
variable only in not being regarded under that aspect. 
Constantia (kon-stan'shia), ?. A wine (both 
red and white) produced in the district around 
the town of Constantia in Cape Colony, South 
Africa. 
Constantinopolitan (kon-stan"ti-no-pol'i-tan), 
a. and n. [v LL. OonstanUnopoUtanus. pertain- 
ing to Constantinopolis, < Gr. Kuvaravrivov v6).ie, 
Constantinople, the new name given by the 
Roman emperor Constantine to Byzantium, 
upon transferring thither the seat of empire : 
K-uvaravTivov, gen. of KuvaravTivot; (< L. Constan- 
lim/s, Constantine); 7r<S/Ur, city.] I. a. Relat- 
ing or belonging to Constantinople, the present 
capital of Turkey, or to its inhabitants; pro- 
duced in or derived from Constantinople. 
It was natural that the Venetians, whose State lay upon 
the borders of the Greek Empire, and whose greatest com- 
merce was with the Orient, should be influenced by the 
UniriKilitan civilization. 
HowellK, Venetian Life, xxi. 
constellation 
Constantinopolitan Council, one of the several church 
councils held at ('imstiintiNople. The most famous of 
these are three general or ecumenical councils, namely : 
the second general council, under Theodosius, in A. V. 381, 
which condemned Macedonianism, authorized the creed 
commonly called the Nicene, and gave honorary prece- 
dence to the see of Constantinople next after that of Rome ; 
the ilfth general council, under Justinian, in 553, which 
condemned the Nestorian writings known as "the Three 
Chapters," and the Origenists ; and the sixth general coun- 
cil, under Constantine Pogonatns, 080, against Monothe- 
litism, celebrated for its condemnation of Pope Honorius. 
The Roman Catholics also regard as ecumenical the eighth 
council, held in 869. The council commonly known as the 
Quinisext, because regarded as complementary to the fifth 
and sixth councils, was held at Constantinople under Jus- 
tinian II. in (Ml, in the trullns or domed banqueting-hall 
of the palace, from which it was also called the Trullan 
Council. Its canons are received by the Greek Church, 
and were confirmed by the second Nicene Council. A 
council held at Constantinople under Constantine Copro- 
nymus in 754, favoring the Iconoclasts, claimed to be 
ecumenical, but its decrees were reversed by the second 
Nicene Council in 787. See council, 7. Constantino- 
politan creed. See Jficene. Constantinopolitan lit- 
urgy. See liturgy. 
II. n. A native or an inhabitant of Constan- 
tinople. 
constantly (kon'stant-li), adv. In a constant 
manner, (a) Uniformly ; invariably. (6) Continually. 
(<) Firmly ; steadfastly ; with constancy. 
The City of London sticks constantly to the Parliament. 
Uovdl, Letters, I. vi. 50. 
(d) Perseveringly ; persistently. 
She constantly affirmed that it was even so. Acts xii. 15. 
constantness (kon'stant-nes), n. Constancy. 
Constant, madam ! 
I will not say for constantness. 
B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, iv. 1. 
constat (kon'stat), . [L., it appears, it is es- 
tablished ; 3d pers. sing. pres. ind. act. of con- 
stare, be established: see constant."] In Eng- 
land: (a) A certificate given by the auditors of 
the Exchequer to a person who intends to plead 
or move for a discharge of anything in that 
court. The effect of it is to certify what ap- 
pears upon the record respecting the matter 
in question. (6) An exemplification under the 
great seal of the enrolment of letters patent. 
constate (kou-staf), v. t. ; pret. and pp. constat- 
ed, ppr. constating. [< F. constater, verify, take 
down, state, < L. constatus, pp. of constare, 
stand together, be fixed, be certain : see con- 
stant and constat.] 1. To verify; prove. 2. 
To establish. 
A corporation has all the capacities for engaging in 
transactions which are expressly given it by the coiutat- 
ing instruments. Bryce, Ultra Vives, p. 41. 
constellate (kon-stel'at or kon'ste-lat), v. ; 
pret. and pp. constellated, ppr. constellating. 
[< LL. constellatus, starred, studded with stars, 
< L. com-, together, + stellatus, pp. of stellare, 
shine, < Stella, a star : see star, stellate.'] I.t 
intrans. To join luster ; shine with united radi- 
ance or one general light. 
The several things which engage our affections . . . 
shine forth and constellate in God. Boyle. 
II. trans. If. To unite (several shining bod- 
ies) in one illumination. 
A knot of Lights constellated into 
A radiant Throne. J. Beaumont, Psyche, i. 3. 
There is extant in the Scripture, to them who know how 
to constellate those lights, a very excellent body of moral 
precepts. Boyle, Works, II. 285. 
2. To form into or furnish with constellations 
or stars. 
The constellated heavens. J. Barlow. 
3. To place in a constellation or mate with 
stars. 
Thirteen years later, he [Herschel] described our sun 
and his constellated companions as surrounded " by a mag- 
nificent collection of innumerable stars." 
A. M. Clerke, Astron. in 19th Cent., p. 25. 
4. To group in or as if in a constellation: 
as, the constellated graces of faith, hope, and 
charity. 
Your Grace's person alone, which I never call to mind 
but to rank it amongst y Heroines, and mnxtellate with 
the Graces. /-.'/Wim, To the Duchesse of Newcastle. 
constellation (kon-ste-la'shon), n. [< ME. con- 
stellacion, -cioun, < OF. constelltirion, F. eonstel- 
liitiii = 8p.ronstel(icion = Pg. costella<;ao = Ii. 
costell:ione, < LL. constelliitio(n-). a collection 
of stars, < constellates, set with stars: see con- 
steUate.] 1. A group of fixed stars to which a 
definite name has been given, but which does 
not form a part of another named group. See 
ttxtcrinni. Furtv-cifiht constellations are mentioned in 
tin- aix-irnt . .UiiloL'iH' "t Ptolemy, the majority of which 
appear to date from -2KKP 11. c. or earlier. They are distrib- 
uted as follows : (1) North of the zodiac : t'rsa Minor (the 
Little Bear, said to be formed by Thales, probably from the 
Dragon's \\i\isi\ I'rsa Major (the Great Bear, the Wain, or 
the Dipper), Draco (the Dragon), Cepheus, Bootes (the 
