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direfllon, liaving numerous bays on the weft tide, on 
which are two l'ettlements, Carboniere and Havre de 
Grace. Settlements were made here in 1610, by about 
forty planters, under governor John Guy, to whom king 
James had granted a patent of incorporation. 
CONCEP'TION, by the Indians called Penco , a city in 
Chili, South America, belonging to the Spaniards, fitu- 
ated on the edge of the lea, at the mouth of a river, and 
at the bottom of a bay of its own name. It was feveral 
times deftroyed by the powerful confederacy of the In¬ 
dians, and as often, repaired. In *751 it was deftroyed 
by an earthquake, or rather fwallowed up by the fea, and 
fmee that rebuilt, at three leagues diftance from the old 
city. It is within the audience and jurifdiftion of St. 
Jago, and is governed by a correflidor. The Spanilh in¬ 
habitants here, are the moft warlike and hardy of any in 
South America; they are all trained to arms from their 
childhood, to be ready to refill the attacks of the Chilefe 
Indians, whom, according to Perouze, who vifited. Chili 
in 1786, they have reafon to confider as a formidable ene¬ 
my. The native inhabitants, and even the women, excel 
in horfemanfhip ; they are very dextrous in managing 
the lance or nooie^ and it is very rare to fee them mils 
their aim, though at full fpeed, with the noofe, which 
they throw forty or fifty yards, and fo halter the object of 
their diverfion or revenge. T his noofe is made of thongs 
of cow hide; thele they twift with oil, till rendered fup- 
ple and pliant to command ; and lb ftrong that, when 
twilted, they will, it is laid, hold a wild bull, which would 
break a halter of hemp of twice the thicknefs. The foiL 
here is fruitful, abounding with corn and excellent wine. 
The fruit trees bear lb luxuriantly here, that they are 
forced to thin the fruit, otberwife the branches would 
break, nor could the fruit come to maturity. This city 
has a church, and fix very famous monalteries ; but the 
dwelling houles make no great appearance. Here the 
women go out in the night to the (hops, to buy fuch ne- 
ceflaries as they want for their families, it being contrary 
to the cuftom of this country for women of any character 
to go abroad in the day-time on fuch affairs. It is an 
open town ; and the few batteries it has, are kept in very 
indifferent order. Lat. 36. 35. S. Ion. 35. 10. W. Ferro. 
CONCEP'TION, a river of America, on the ifthmus 
of Darien, which runs into the Spanilh main. Lat. 9. 4. N. 
Ion. 78. 15. W. Greenwich. 
CONCEP'TION, or Conception de los Pampas, a 
town of South America, in Paraguay, on the fouth fide of 
the river Plata. Lat. 36. 30. S. Ion. 39. 25. VV. Ferro. 
CONCEP'TION (La), a feaport town of America, in 
the province of Verngua, on the Spanilh main, with a har¬ 
bour, formed by the river Veragua: ninety miles weft of 
Panama. Lat. 8. 52. N. Ion. 64. 5. W. Ferro. 
CONCEP'TION of SALAYE, a fmall town of North 
America, in the province of Mechoacan, in Mexico, built 
by the Spaniards, as. well as the ftations of St. Michael 
and St. Philip,', to lecure the road from Mechoacan to 
the filver mines of Zacatea. They have alfo given this 
name to feveral towns of America; as to that in Hifpa- 
nioia ifland, and to a feaport of California, &c. 
CONCEP'TION de la VEGA (La), a town of the 
ifland of St. Domingo. 
CONCEP'TIOUS, adj. \_concepfum, Lat.] Apt to con¬ 
ceive; fruitful; pregnant: 
Common mother, 
Enfear thy fertile and conceptions womb ; 
Let .it no more bring out to ingrateful man. Shakefpeare. 
CONCEP'TIVE, adj. \_conceptum, Lat.] Capable to con¬ 
ceive.—In hot climates, and where the uterine parts ex¬ 
ceed in heat, by the coldnefs of this fimple they may- be 
reduced into a concepti-ue conftitution. Brown. 
To CONCE'RN, <v. a. [concerner, Fr. concerno, low Lat.] 
To relate to; to belong to.—This place concerns not aff 
ail the dominion of one brother over the other. Locke, 
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Gracious things 
Thou haft reveal’d ; thofe chiefly which concern 
Juft Abraham, and his feed. Milton. 
To affeft with fome paflion; to touch nearly; to be of 
importance to.—Our wars with France have affefted us 
in our moft tender interefts, and concerned us more than 
thofe with any other nation. Addjfon. 
I would not 
The caufe were known to them it moft concerns. Shakef. 
To intereft ; to engage by intereft.—Providence, where it 
loves a nation, concerns itfelf to own and affert the intereft 
of religion, by blalting the fpoiters of religious perfons 
and places. South. 
Above the reft two goddeffes appear, 
Concern'd for each ; here Venus, Juno there. Dryden. 
To difturb ; to make unealy.—In one compreffmg engine 
I fliut a fparrow, without forcing any air in ; and in an 
hour the bird began to pant, and be concerned, and in lefs 
than an hour and a half to be lick. Denham.—To concern 
himfelf. To intermeddle; to be bufy.—Being a layman, I 
ought not to have concerned niyfelf with fpecuiations which 
belong to the profefiion. Dryden. 
CONCE'RN,/ Bufinefs; affair: confidered as relating 
to fome.—Religion is no trifling concern, to be performed 
in any carelefs and fuperficial manner. Rogers. 
Let early care thy main concerns fecure, 
Things of lefs moment-may delays endure. Denham. 
Intereft; engagement.—When we fpeak of the conflagra¬ 
tion of the world, thefe have no concern in the queftion. 
Burnet. 
No plots th’ alarm to his retirements give; 
’Tis all mankind’s concern that he fhould live. Dryden, 
Importance; moment.—The mind is llunned and daz¬ 
zled amidft that variety of objects : Hie cahnot apply her- 
felf to thofe things which are of the utmolt concern, to her. 
Addifon. 
Mylterious fecrets of a high concern. 
And weighty truths, folid convincing fenfe. 
Explain’d by unaffected eloquence. Rofcotnmon. 
Paflion ; affeCtion ; regard.—Why all this concern for the 
poor? Where the plough has no work, qne family can do- 
the bufinefs of fifty. Snvift. 
Ah, what concerns did both your fouls divide ! 
Your honour gave us what your love deny’d. Dryden. 
CONCERNANCY, f. [a word coined by Shakefpeare , 
and put into Hamlet’s mouth when ridiculing affected 
phraleology.] Concernment.—The ccncerriancy, fir? Shakf. 
CONCERN'EDLY, cidv With affection; with intereit. 
—They had more pofitiveiy and concernedly wedded his 
caufe, than they were before underltood to have done. 
Clarendon. 
CONCERN'ING, prep, [this word, originally a parti¬ 
ciple, has before a noun' the force of ^repetition.] Re¬ 
lating to; with relation to,—The ancients had.no higher 
recourfe than to nature, as may appear by a dil’courfe 
concerning this point in Strabo. Bronson. 
CONCERN'MENT, f. The thing in which we are 
concerned or interefted; affair; bufinefs; intereft.—Our 
fpiritual interests, and the great concernments of a future 
llate, fliould doubtlefs recur often. Atterbury. 
Yet when we’re tick, the doctor’s fetch'd in hafte, 
Leaving our great concernment to the laft. Denham, 
Relation; influence : 
He juftiy fears a peace with me would prove 
Of ill concernment to his haughty love. Dryden. 
Intercourle; bufinefs.—The great concernment of men is 
with men, one amongft another, Locke. —Importance ; mo¬ 
ment.—I look upon experimental truths as matters of great 
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