Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To prepare and preserve with sugar, salt, spices, or the like; season.
  • To embalm.
  • Preserved; candied.
  • An obsolete form of conduit.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To pickle; to preserve
  • adjective obsolete Preserved; pickled.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete, transitive To pickle; to preserve.

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Examples

  • [4369] Crato prescribes the condite fruit of wild rose, to a nobleman his patient, to be taken before dinner or supper, to the quantity of a chestnut.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Scoltzii would fain have them use all summer the condite flowers of succory, strawberry water, roses

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • If costiveness offend in this, or any other of the three species, it is to be corrected with suppositories, clysters or lenitives, powder of senna, condite prunes, &c.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • He goes on to give an elaborate receipt how to condite the roots of Sea Holly, or

    Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

  • Nor are some of our skilful cooks ignorant how to condite it, with the applause of those who are unaware of the secret.

    Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

  • Here at our establishment, though, we do have a great big uproarious gang of servants, and knick-knackery and jewellery and clothes and silver plate lying about. ibi si perierit quippiam -- quod te scio facile abstinere posse, si nihil obviam est -- dicant: coqui abstulerunt, comprehendite, vincite, verberate, in puteum condite. horum tibi istic nihil eveniet: quippe qui ubi quid subripias nihil est. sequere hac me.

    Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919

  • 'Frederick,' an attempt (still in the way of youth - 16 rather than 60!) to vanquish by sheer force the immense masses of incondite or semi-condite rubbish which had accumulated on 'Frederick,' that is, to let the Printer straightway drive me through it!

    Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle 1883

  • The green husk dry’d, or the first peeping red buds and leaves reduced to powder, serves instead of pepper, to condite meats and sauces.

    Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees John Evelyn 1663

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  • In addition, condite means 1. abstruse, recondite; 2. put together (OED).

    January 3, 2012