Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb In opposition or disagreement; against.
- noun An argument or opinion against something.
- noun One who holds an opposing opinion or view.
- transitive verb To study, peruse, or examine carefully.
- transitive verb To learn or commit to memory.
- transitive verb To swindle (a victim) by first winning his or her confidence; dupe.
- noun A swindle.
- adjective Of, relating to, or involving a swindle or fraud.
- transitive verb To direct the steering or course of (a vessel).
- noun The area or structure on a vessel from which the vessel is conned.
- noun The position or authority of the officer conning a vessel.
- noun A convict.
from The Century Dictionary.
- A dialectal or obsolete variant of
can . - noun A variant of
can , for gan, preterit ofgin , begin. Seecan , gin. - To try; attempt (to do a thing).
- To try; examine; test; taste.
- To peruse carefully and attentively; study or pore over; learn: as, to
con a lesson: often with over. - noun An abbreviation of the Latin contra, against (see
contra ), especially common in the phrase pro and con (Latin pro et contra), for and against, in favor of and opposed to: sometimes used as a noun, with a plural, the pros and cons, the arguments, or arguers, or voters, for and against a proposition. - noun The most frequent form of
com- . - noun Naut.: The position taken by the person who cons or directs the steering of a vessel.
- noun The act of conning.
- Short for ‘confidence’: as a con man; a con game. See confidence man, confidence game (under confidence).
- An abbreviation of Consul
- [lowercase] of conclusion.
- Nautical: To direct (the man at the helm of a vessel) how to steer.
- To give orders for the steering of: as, to
con a ship.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of
pro , and usually in connection with it. Seepro . - transitive verb obsolete To know; to understand; to acknowledge.
- transitive verb To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously.
- transitive verb [Obs.] to be able to answer.
- transitive verb [Obs.] to thank; to acknowledge obligation.
- transitive verb (Naut.) To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with itsadvantages (pros ). - verb rare To
study , especially in order to gainknowledge of. - verb rare, archaic To
know ,understand ,acknowledge . - verb Variant spelling of
conn : to conduct the movements of a ship at sea. - noun slang A convicted
criminal , aconvict . - noun An organized gathering such as a convention or conference.
- verb nautical To give the necessary
orders to thehelmsman tosteer aship in the requireddirection through achannel etc. (rather than steer a compass direction) - noun nautical The
navigational direction of a ship - noun slang A
fraud ; something carried out with the intention ofdeceiving , usually for personal, often illegal,gain . - verb transitive, slang To
trick ordefraud , usually for personal gain.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb deprive of by deceit
- adverb in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.
- noun an argument opposed to a proposal
- noun a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
- verb commit to memory; learn by heart
- noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It may be faid, in general, that all God's con - daft towards Abraham was kind and benevolent; but there were fome particular ihftances of his con* duiSl, which wei-e more peculiarly expreffive of friendfhip, and which defervc to be diftindly men - tioned.
Twenty four sermons on various useful subjects Williams, Nehemiah, 1748-1796 1797
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How, when, where, and by whom wist that thing, named public law, made and con - eluded 7 When and where did the nations con* vene and make it?
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Vnde hfc Pompeianus di - Emendatfonem banc, pro - catur, ex nullo auctore con - batam quoque Acidalio, con* flat.
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All I remember of that con trad is, that it was made fame three years ago, and that's enough in con* fcience to forget the refton't.
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A good analyzer can measure, cessive. record, display electric power demand and help When used as a portable test instrument to to analyze electrical power usage as well as con - survey the facility electrical system at several dif duct energy surveys. ferent locations, the analyzer is normally con In the meter mode, the analyzer can display nected at each location for a full operating cycle the present values for monitored and calculated only (a day, week or month), or for short periods, parameters.
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Certain accidents are the neceflary con - fluences of our own fins* if thefc con* fcquences prove favourable » they admi - nister to us a peculiar caufe of praifing the Mercy ami - Bounty of God, who could draw good from evil, and change into means of faving us, that which onty'dc - farv'd ehaftifement f and the withdrawing of his Graces But ifthefe confequen - ccs be troublcfooae and hard, 'as when our fins have involved us in great evils.
Moral Essays: Contain'd in Several Treatises on Many Important Duties 1677
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Torfæana: sive, Thormodi Torfæi notæ posteriores in seriem regum Daniæ ... Þormóður Torfason , Hannes Finnsson, Jón Jónsson 1777
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Ex qnibus pla* ne intelligitur, objectum Spei esse futurum, arduum 3 porsibile, ratio - ne coDsecutionis) cui verba ilia propiissime con vemunt; est enim con* secutio Dei verissime ardua, futura, et possibilis, et ex ilia denon}!
Tractatus theologicus de charitate, in quo expenditur systema J.V. Bolgenj de amore Dei. Accedit ... Joseph Chantre Herrera, Giovanni Vincenzo Bolgeni 1792
muamor commented on the word con
Cunt in French. Not very much a taboo, and not a very strong word. There's even an affectionate insult like: vieux con, old fool. Le roi des cons, "king of cunts" implies to a total idiot, while Quelle connerie! means "What rubbish!".
Catherine Blackledge: The story of V.
March 6, 2008
michaelt42 commented on the word con
In the sense of deceit has been ruled unparliamentary language by the Speaker of the House of Commons during a debate, in October 2013, in which the prime minister apparently accused the leader of the opposition of using dubious reasoning.
October 30, 2013