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imam alii concupiverunt, has settled, 
auieted, reduced. Plin. Sidus confec- 
tum, h. e. leas finished its course, is no 
longer visible; or, its influence has ceas¬ 
ed. 0 Hence, Cic. Cum Apella confice 
(sc. rem) de columnis, finish, conclude, 
settle the terms, strike the bargain. —— 
IT In logical sense, to conclude , infer . 
Cic. aliquid ex eo, quod, &c. Id. Rem, 
qiue conlicitur. Id. Ex quo conncitur, 
ut, &c. it is inferred, it follows. -IT To 
brin<r to an end, run through, squander. Te¬ 
rm?. pecuuiam. Cic. patrimonium. Id. 
rem suam et publicam. Id. ornamenta 
equestris ordinis, h. e. censum. So, to 
bring to an end, h. e. to kill, destroy ; and, 
fmur. to overpower, prostrate, bring 
down, subdue. Cic. Magnam vim ser- 
pentium. Sueton. aliquem vulnenbus. 
Plant. Ego te hie hac ofiatim conficiam, 
will make 0 minced meat of you. Cic. In 
illas tibi raajores plagas incidendum 
est n quibus te ab eodem me, superi- 
ore'ex loco confici et concidi necesse 
est. Plant. Conficiet jam te hie verbis, 
he will overpower you, silence you. Te- 
rent. Virgiuem quam amabat, earn con- 
feci sine molestia, h. e. devici, expug- 
navi. Lucan. Terror conficit omnia. 
Ncpos. Athenienses confecit, h. e. de- 
bellavit. Senec. Rabies accusandi, om- 
ni bello gravius togatam civitatem con- 
f ec it. — Also, to chew, masticate, chew 
up. Cic. Dentes intimi escas conficiunt. 
— Also, to digest. Plin. Alvus cibos 
non conficit. °- IT In general, to 
wear away, wear out, injure, impair, con¬ 
sume, weaken, overthrow , ruin. Cic. Ni¬ 
hil est, quod non conficiat et consumat 
vetustas. Lucret. Ignes conficerent syl- 
vas. Stat. Machina confecta flammis, 
consumed, destroyed. Liv. exercitus. 
Cic. Me manor conficit. Id. Confici 
desiderio, curis, frigore, lacriinis, fame, 
senectute. Also, Id. Ipse conficior, 
venisse tempus, cum, &c., am grieved, 
afflicted. So, the particip. Confectus, 
a, urn. Lucrct. Confecti artus ianguent. 
Cic. Et corpore et animo confecta, af¬ 
flicted, harassed, in body and mind. Id. 
Filius lacrymans et confectus, fall of 
grief or emaciated. Id. Civitas confec¬ 
ta senio, weak, decrepit. Virg. macie 
suprema, reduced, exhausted. -IT To 
dye, stain, for inficere. Plin. pelles. 
Arnob. corpora. 
CoN'FICTia (confingo), onis, I.afeigning, 
1 forging, fabricating, counterfeiting. Cic. 
CSNFiOTOR (Id.), oris, in. a fabricator, 
3 counterfeiter, forger. Paulin. 
CoNFICTOS, a, um, particip. from con¬ 
fingo. -IT For confixus. Scaur, ap. 
Diomed. 
CONFIDEJuSSOR (con & fidejussor), 
oris, in. a joint surety. Pandect. 
CoNFIDeNS (confido), tis, pres, particip. 
-IT Adj. confident, bold, dauntless, 
3a paa\Zo;. Plant. Decet inndeentem 
servum atque innoxium confidentem 
esse. Id. Qui me confidentior ?- 
IT Often also, in a bad sense, audacious, 
impudent, daring, headstrong, rash, pre¬ 
sumptuous. Cic. Cluoniam confidens 
malaconsuetudine loquendi in vitio po- 
nitur. Tercnt. Est parasitus quidam 
Phormio, homo confidens. Sueton. . Ab 
juventa minime civilis .animi, confidens 
etiam, &c. Q uintil. Pro astnto sapiens, 
pro confidente fortis. Virg. Nam quis 
te, juvenum confidentissime, nostras 
Jpssit adire domus ? Ilorat. Confidens 
et tumidus. 
CONFIDeNTER (confidens), adv. boldly, 
confidently, fearlessly, §apoa\Z<os. Plant. 
hominem contra colloqui. Cic. Dicam 
jam confidentius de studiis. Plin. Con- 
fidentius afiirmatur. -IT Also, auda¬ 
ciously, daringly, impudently, presumptu¬ 
ously. And, ad Ilerenn. crudeliter, con- 
fidenter factum. Id. Confidentissime 
,.„resistens. 
CONFIDeNTIX. (Id.), te, f. confidence, 
boldness, assurance, courage, Sapoos. 
Ccel. ad Cic. afferre alicui. Plaut. 
amittere. - IT Also, rashness, pre¬ 
sumption, impudence, audacity. Cic. 
Videte quo vultu, qua confidentia di¬ 
cant. Auct. ad Ilerenn. Q,u® signa con- 
fidentiie, non innocentite sunt. - 
IT Plaut. Scapularum confidentia, vir- 
tute ulmorum freti, h. e. duritia. 
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C0NFiDkNTIL 5Q.UUS (confidens & lo- 
3 quor), a, um, adj. bold-tongued, speaking 
boldly or impertinently, Oapcrvyhcorros. 
Plaut. Neque argutum magis, neque 
confidentiloquius. 
C0NFID8 (con & fido), is, Isus sum, n. 
3. to trust, fed confident, or well assured, 
believe or hope confidently, SappZoo. Cic. 
Spero, et hercule, confido, te valere. Id. 
rem, ut volumus, esse. Id. Tibique, 
ut confido, gratias agam. Liv. non 
diuturnum gaudium fore. Cic. ilium 
fore in officio. Pandect, de consuetu- 
dine urbis. Tibull. Stulte confisus 
amari. — With ut, rarely. Plin. Ep. 
ut varietas commendet, &c. Cic. Con¬ 
fido animo, ut ne casum quidem ullum 
pertimescam, h. e. ita, ut, &c. — With 
dal. or abl. to trust to, put confidence in, 
rely upon. Cic. vestrte virtuti constan- 
tdeque. Id. arc® nostras, h. c. that I 
leave the cash sufficient. Id. corporis fir- 
mitate. Cais. affinitate Pompeii. Id. 
natura loci. Liv. Consules magis non 
confidere, quam non credere suis mili- 
tibus, h. e. had more doubt of their cour¬ 
age, than their good will. Cats. Ne vel 
domesticis opibus, vel externis auxiliis 
de salute urbis confiderent. — And 
with in. Auct. B. Afric. in illorum sibi 
multitudine. - V Liv. Confiderunt 
se posse, &c .for confisi sunt. 
C6NFIG5 (con &. figo), is, xi, xum, a. 3. to 
fix or fasten together, to fix in, KaOqXdco, 
Cato, sublaminas inter se, to nail to¬ 
gether. Vitruv. Area confixa rudentibus. 
Id. Confixa in capitibus.-IT Some¬ 
times, to pierce, to transfix. Cic. fiiios 
suos sagittis. JYepos. Confixi cecide- 
runt. Plin. ranas juncis. Cic. Confi* 
gere cornicum oculos (proverb.), to de¬ 
ceive the wary; to be too cunning for the 
cunning. -IT Figur. Cic. Diffidebant 
Servilio: meminerant, ejus sententiis 
confixum Antonium. Id Ducentis con- 
fixus Senatus consultis.-IT Cic. e 
Lucil. Confixum facere, seems to be a 
fricassee, 
CoNFIGuRaTIS (configure), onis, f. 
3 conformation, configuration. Tcrtull. 
CoNFIGuRS (con & figure), as, avi, 
2 atom, a. 1. to form, fashion, to give a cer¬ 
tain form or fashion to. Colum. ad simi- 
litudinem sui vitem. Lactant. Homo 
ex rebus repugnantibus configuratus. 
-IT Figur. Gell. ex matris animo 
indolem. 
C6NFIND5 (con & findo), is, idi, issum, 
3 a. 3. to cleave, Kcatjo), a %£?<*>'. Tibull. 
Pontus confinditur tcre. Macrob. Con- 
fissus podagra, h. e. racked, tortured; 
but this is otherwise read. 
CONFINE, is. See Covfinis. 
CoNFINGS (con & fingo), is, nxi, ictum, 
a. 3. to make, form, fashion, construct, 
notZco. Plin. Apes favos confingunt 
et ceras. Varr. Ostendit, quemadmo- 
dum quodque poeta verbum confinxerit. 
-IT Also, to invent, contrive, to feign, 
pretend, counterfeit. Cic. aliquid criminis. 
Plaut. dolum. Tercnt. falsas causas ad 
discordiam. Cic. id cogitatum esse. 
Pandect, homicidium in se, h. e. to pre¬ 
tend to be guilty of. Qi until. Conficta 
fraus 
CoNFINIS (con & finis), e, adject, hav- 
2 ing a common boundary, next to. adjoin¬ 
ing, bordering upon, contiguous, avvbpo- 
poy. Liv. Excursiones in confinem 
agrum. Cats. Confines Senonibus. 
Plin. Mauri confines Atlanti. Ovid. 
Collo confine caput. — Figur. near to, 
next to, similar, allied to. Auct. ad Ile¬ 
renn. Perveniunt ad confine genus ejus 
generis. Quintil. Confinia sunt bis 
celebrata apud Graecos schemata. Sc- 
nec. Sunt virtutibus vitia confinia. Ovid. 
Studio confinia carmina vestro.- 
IT Conflnis, is, m. substant. a next neigh¬ 
bor. Lactant. and Pandect. -IT Confi¬ 
ne, is, n. substant. a confine, place ad¬ 
joining or nigh to. Valer. Place. Lycen 
ferit ad confine papill®. Lucan. M®s- 
tum mundi confine. Sencc. In confini- 
bus bostis arcendus. 
CoNFINITIMOS (con & finitimus), a, 
um, adject, next t.o, like. Gell. Officia 
virtutum confinitima. Al. leg. con¬ 
finia. 
CONFINIUM (conflnis), ii, n. a confine, 
common boundary, bound, limit, frontier, 
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peSopiov, evvopia. Varr. Arbores In 
confinio nat®, in utroque agro serpunt. 
Cic. Vicinitatibus et confiniis ®quura 
esse et facilem, li. e. vicinis et confini- 
bus. Cats. In confinio Trevirorum hie- 
mare. Liv. Lycaoni® et Pamphyli®. 
-IT Figur. Ovid. Supercilii confinia. 
Id. Aurora tenet confinia lucis, et noc- 
tis. Id. Confinia mepsum, A. e. men- 
sium. Tacit. Confinium artis, et falsi. 
Vellei. In arcto salutis, exitiique con¬ 
finio esse. 
C0NFI5 (con & fio), is, defect, tobemade 
or done, be effected or brought about, to be 
collected or brought together, to take place. 
Liv. Ex quo summa Gallis confieret. 
Tercnt. Hoc confit, quod volo. Ep. 
ad Cic. lino facilius res tota confieret. 
Cas. Postquain, id difficilius confieri, 
animadv.ertit. Plin. Q,uicumque lig- 
no confit sal, niger est. Colum. Cu- 
rabit, ut panis diligpnter confiat Lu¬ 
crct. Sine pernjeie confiet eorum. 
Arnob. Maleficia cuncta confierent. 
Id. Omnia necessitate confiunt. - 
IT Also, to be consumed Plaut. Hoc 
confit (tarn)" cito, quam si tu objicias 
formicis papaverem. 
CONFIRM aTe (confirmatjs), adverb, 
2 firmly, steadily, resolutely. Auct. ad Ile¬ 
renn. 
CoNFIRMATIS (confirmo), onis, f. aeon- 
firming, establishing, securing. Cic. 
perpetu® libertatis, establishment. - 
IT Also, encouragement, consolation. Cws. 
animi. Cic. Ciceronis. Id. Neque 
enim confirmatione nostra egebat virtus 
tua, A. e. consolation. -IT Also, an es¬ 
tablishing by proof, a proving, confirma¬ 
tion, proof. Cic. lndiget testimonii, et 
graiuoris confirmationis. Quintil. sen- 
tentiarum.-IT Also, are assertion, in¬ 
formation, declaration. Coes. perfug®. 
-IT In rhetoric, confirmatin includes 
sometimes all that part of an oration 
which is devoted to the confirmation of one's 
own arguments, and the refutation of those 
of the adversary. But sometimes it is 
limited to that part in which wc establish 
our own arguments. Cic. 
CONFIRMATIVE (confirmativus), ad- 
3 verb, with assurance, positively. Ter- 
tall. 
CONFIRMATIVUS (confirmo), a, um, 
3 adj. confirmative. Priscian. 
C0NFIRMAT5R (Id.), oris, m. fje/3aioi- 
1 rijf. Cic. pecuni®, a surety or security, 
one who becomes bound for it. - IT Al¬ 
so, a defender, abettor. Lactant. 
CONFIRMaTRIX (confirmator), Icis, f. 
3 that establishes, confirms. Tertull. 
CoNFIRMaTOS, a, um, particip. from 
confirmo.-IT Adj. strong, firm, reso¬ 
lute. Cic. animus.-IT Also, coura 
geous, imboldened. Coes. Exercitus con¬ 
firmation - IT Also, proved, shown, 
ascertained, certain. Cic. Funisulanus 
a te attulit litteras, in quibus erat con- 
firmatius illud idem. 
CONFIRMITaS (con & firinitas), atis, f. 
3 firmness, obstinacy, pertinacity. Plaut. 
CONFIRMS (con & firmo), as, avi, atum, 
a. 1 .to make strong, strengthen, establish, 
/3c/3ai6(o. Vitruv. Confirmare solidita- 
tem parietum. Cic. Abates confinnat®, 
confirmed, established, matured. Coes. 
Hoc ali vires, nervosque confirmari pu- 
tant. Cels. Cicatricula celerrime in 
vena confirmatur, is made strong, per¬ 
manent. — Often used of parts which 
have been diseased, to restore, strcngtlc- 
en. Cels, intestina. Sueton. crus de¬ 
bile. So, Cic. Se confirmare, to reaver 
strength, recover from a disease, conva¬ 
lesce. Id. Valetudo confirmata a vetere 
morbo, reestablished after, tfc. -Of¬ 
ten, figur. of the mind, to encourage, 
animate, hearten, enliven, console. Cic. 
animos. afflictos bonorum. Id. te, take 
courage. Coes. Cffisar suos ad dimican- 
dum animo confinnat. Id. milites. Id. 
verbis animos Gallorum. Id. aliquem 
oratione. Liv. Alius alium confirmare 
ne, &c. exhorted, that not , &c. Cws. 
B. C. 1. 14. gladiatores libertati, as¬ 
sures them to liberty, grants to them liber¬ 
ty : si lectio certa. Sallust. Eos multa 
pollicendo confinnat, uti, &c., A. e. 
persuades. - Also, to strengthen, 
make stronger. Cic. manum, A. e. the 
army. - ‘J Also, to fasten, fix, make 
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