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verb

Con v. t. (past & past part. conned; pres. part. conning)

To know; to understand; to acknowledge. (Obs.) "Of muses, Hobbinol, I con no skill." "They say they con to heaven the highway."

To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously. "Fixedly did look Upon the muddy waters which he conned As if he had been reading in a book." "I did not come into Parliament to con my lesson."

To con answer, to be able to answer. (Obs.)

To con thanks, to thank; to acknowledge obligation. (Obs.)

Con v. t. (Naut.) To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.

adverb

Con adv. Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro.

prefix

Con- pref. A prefix, fr. L. cum, signifying with, together, etc. See Com-.

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"Con" Quotes from Famous Books

... to be?" he said, well contented that there was a prospect of talking till it would be too late to con Petrarch ...

— The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book • Various

... from a letter of the Nuncio Santa Croce (April 29th), that, as early as two months before, the court flattered itself with the hope of deriving great advantages from excluding Conde from the ban, and affecting to regard him as a prisoner (Aymon, i. 152, and Cimber et Danjou, vi. 91). "Con che pensano," he adds, "di quietar buona parte del popolo, che non sentendo parlar di religione, e parendoli ancora che la guerra si faccia per la liberatione del Principe de ...

— History of the Rise of the Huguenots - Volume 2 • Henry Baird

... my powers of eyesight to con the Emperor, distinctive in his official robes but too far off to be seen well. He appeared to me to have lost something of his elegance of carriage and grace of movement. He seemed less elastic in bearing, less springy of gait. There was, even at that distance, something familiar in his attitude ...

— Andivius Hedulio • Edward Lucas White

... feet; cold feet in mid April—something like a cataclysm! As he turned it over and over in his mind a lady recurred with the persistence of a refrain in a ballad; and words, quite unaccustomed words, tripped over his tongue to meet her. What a lovely vision she had made!—"Una donzella non con uman' volto (a gentle lady not of human look)." Well, what next? Ah, something about "Amor, che ha la mia virtu tolto (Love that has reft me of my manly will)." Then should come amore, and of course cuore, and disio, and anch' io! This was very new; it was also very strange what a fascination ...

— Little Novels of Italy • Maurice Henry Hewlett

... "I can Con-vers like Lords and Lydies," said Dickie, in the accents of the gutter, "and your noble benefacteriness made me seek to express my feelinks with the best words at ...

— Harding's luck • E. [Edith] Nesbit

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