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sot bear tranfplanting well, they fhould be thinned to 
four or five in a pot, and then require only to be kept 
-clean, and to be watered in very dry weather. The fe- 
cond fort may alfo be increafed by cuttings. 
CONJU'NCT, adj. [cotjunClus, Lat. ] Conjoined; con¬ 
current j united. Not in ufe. 
It pleas’d the king his mailer to flrike at me, 
When he, conjunct and flatt’ring his difpleafure, 
Tript me behind. Shakefpeare. 
_ CONJUNCTION,-/: [conjunBio, Lat.] Union; ado- 
ciation ; league.'—An invifible hand from Heaven min¬ 
gles hearts and fouls by Itrange, fecret, and unaccount¬ 
able, conjunctions. South. 
He will unite the white rofe and the red ; 
Smile, heaven, upon his fair conjunction , 
That long hath frown’d upon their enmity. Shakefpeare. 
A word made ufe of to connect the claufes of a period 
together, and to lignify their relation to one another. 
Clarke. 
CONJUNCTION,^/! in adronomy, is the meeting of 
the flars and planets in the fame point or place in the 
heavens ; and is either true or apparent. True con¬ 
junction is when the line drawn through the centers of 
the two liars palfes alfo through the center of the earth. 
And apparent conjunction is when that line does not pafs 
through the earth’s center. 
CONJUNC'TIVE, adj. fonjunBivus, Lat.] Clofely 
united. Not in ufe. 
She’s fo conjunctive to my life and foul, 
That as the liar moves not but in his fphere, 
I could not but by her. Shakefpeare. 
In grammar. The mood of a verb, ufed fubfequently to 
a conjunction ; in mod grammars called the JubjunClive. 
CONJUNCT'I VELY, adv. In union ; not apart.— 
Thefe are good mediums conjunctively taken, that is, not 
one without the other. Brown. 
CONJUNCTIVENESS,/ The quality of joining or 
uniting. 
CONJUNCT'LY, adv. Jointly; together; not apart. 
CONJUNCTURE, / [ 'conjonCiure , Fr.] Combination 
of many circumltances, or caufes.—E very virtue requires 
time and place, a proper object, and a fit conjuncture of 
circumltances. Addfon.- —Occalion ; critical time..—Such 
cenfures always attend fitch conjunctures, and find fault for 
what is not done, as with that which is done, Cla-cndon. 
-—Mode of union ; connection.—He is quick to perceive 
the motions of articulation, and conjunctures of letters in 
words. Holder .—Confidency.'—I was willing to grant to 
prelbytery what with reafon it can pretend to, in a con¬ 
juncture with epifcopacy. King Charles. 
CONJURA'TION,/ The form or aft of fummoning 
another in fome facred name : 
We charge you, in the name of God, take heed : 
Under this conjuration fpeak, my lord. Shakefpeare. 
A magical form of words ; an incantation ; an enchant¬ 
ment. See the article Magic. 
CONJURATION,/, in law, implies a compadl or plot 
made- by perfons combining by oath to do any public 
harm ; but was more efpecially ufed for the having (as 
was fuppoled) perfonal conference with fome evil fpirit, 
to know any fecret, or effedt any purpofe. The diffe¬ 
rence between conjuration and witchcraft was faid to be, 
that a perfon ufing the one, endeavoured, by prayers and 
invocations, to compel the evil fpirit to fay or do what 
he commanded him, the other dealt rather by friendly 
and voluntary conference or agreement with him; lo as 
to have his defires ferved, in lieu of blood or other gift 
offered. Both differed from enchantment or forcery ; 
becaufe the latter were fuppofed to be perfonal con¬ 
ferences with the devil, and the former were but medi¬ 
cines and ceremonial forms of words ufually called charms, 
without apparition. Hawkins, in his Pleas of the Crown, 
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fays, that conjurers are thofe who, by force of certain 
magic words, endeavour to raife the devil, and oblige 
him to execute their commands. Witches are fuch who, 
by way of conference, bargain with an evil fpirit to do 
what they delire of him ; and lorcerers are thofe who, 
by the ufe of certain fuperftitious words, or by the means 
of images, See. are laid to produce llrange effects above 
the ordinary courfe of nature. All which were anciently 
punilhed in the fame manner as heretics, by the writ da 
hxretico comburcndo, after a fentence in the eccledadicai 
court; and they might be condemned to the pillory, 
upon an indictment at common law. 3 Inf. 44. The 
flats. 33 Hen. VIII. c. 8. and 1 Jac. I. c. 1?. againfl con¬ 
juration and witchcraft are repealed, by 9 Geo. II. c. 3. 
which enacls that no profecution (hall be commenced on 
the fame ; but, where perfons pretend to exercife any 
kind of witchcraft or conjuration, &c. or undertake t® 
tell fortunes, or from pretended Ikill in any crafty fei- 
ence, to difeover where goods flolen or loll may be found, 
upon conviction they (hall be imprifoned a-year, and Hand 
in the pillory once in each quarter, in fotne market-town, 
and may be ordered to give fecurity' for their good be¬ 
haviour. 
To CONJU'RE, v. a. [conjuro , Lat.] To fummon in a 
facred name ; to enjoin with the highelt folemnity.—The 
church may addrefs her fons in the form St. Paul does 
the Philippians, when he conjures them to unity. Decay 
of Piety. —To bind many by an oath to fome common de- 
lign. This fnfe is rare. 
He, in proud rebellious arms, 
Drew after him the third part of heav’ns fons, 
Conjur'd againfl the Highelt. Milton'. 
To influence by magic; to alTeCt by enchantment; ta 
charm : 
What black magician conjures up this-fiend, 
To Hop devoted charitable deeds ? Shakefpeare. 
It is to be obferved, that when this word is ufed for fum¬ 
mon or confpire, its accent is on the lalt fyllable, conjure 4 
when for charm, on the firlt, conjure. 
To CONJU'RE, v. n. To confpire : 
When thofe ’gainlt dates and kingdoms do conjure, 
Then who can think their ruin to re-cure. Spenfer. 
To CON'JURE, v. n. To praCtife charms or enchant¬ 
ments ; to enchant.—Out of my door, you witch! you 
hag, you baggage,.you poulcat, you runaway! Out, out, 
out! I’ll conjure you, I’li fortune-tell you ! Shakefpeare. 
CON'JURER,/ An enchanter; one that ufes charms t 
Good doCtor Pinch, you are a conjurer; 
Edabliflt him in his true fenfe again. Shakefpeare. 
An impodor who pretends to fecret arts ; a cunning man : 
-From the account the lofer brings, 
The conj'rer knows who dole the things. Prior. 
By way of irony, a man of fhrewd conjecture ; a man of 
fagacity.-—Though ants are very knowing, I don’t take 
them to be conjurers ; and therefore they could not guefs 
that I had put fome corn in that room. Addfon. 
CONJU'REMENT,/ Serious injunction; folemn de¬ 
mand.—I fitould not be induced but by your earned in¬ 
treaties and ferious conjuremcnts. Milton. 
CONKE'RE, a pod of Chinefe Tartary. Lat, 44. 50. 
N. Ion. 119. 35. E. Ferro. 
CON'LIE, a town of France, in the department of the 
Sarte, and chief place of a canton, in the didrict of Silie- 
le-Guillaume : ten miles north-wed of Le Mans. 
CONLIE'GE", a town of France in the department of 
Jura, and chief place of a canton, in the didrict of Lous> 
le-Saunier ; two miles Touth-ead of Lons-le-Saunier, 
CONLOHON'Gl, a town of the illand of Borneo: 120 
miles north of Banjar Madlm. 
CONN-LOUGH, a lake of Ireland, in the county of 
Mayo ; ten miles north of Cadlebar. 
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