n. [ /Ale + con, OE. cunnen to test, AS. cunnian to test. See Con. ] Orig., an officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London to inspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [ Also called aletaster. ] [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. Sp. chacona. ] (Mus.) An old Spanish dance in moderate three-four measure, like the Passacaglia, which is slower. Both are used by classical composers as themes for variations. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Con, to direct a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ L. con- + nascentia birth, fr. nascens, p. pr. of nasci to be born. ] 1. The common birth of two or more at the same tome; production of two or more together. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is born or produced with another. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of growing together. [ Obs. ] Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Born together; produced at the same time. Craig. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. connatus; con- + natus born, p. p. of nasci. See Cognate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Born with another; being of the same birth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Congenital; existing from birth. “Connate notions.” South. [ 1913 Webster ]

A difference has been made by some; those diseases or conditions which are dependent on original conformation being called congenital; while the diseases of affections that may have supervened during gestation or delivery are called connate. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Congenitally united; growing from one base, or united at their bases; united into one body; as, connate leaves or athers. See Illust. of Connate-perfoliate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Connate or coalescent at the base so as to produce a broad foliaceous body through the center of which the stem passes; -- applied to leaves, as the leaves of the boneset. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Connection by birth; natural union. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. con- + natural. ] 1. Connected by nature; united in nature; inborn; inherent; natural. [ 1913 Webster ]

These affections are connatural to us. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Partaking of the same nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

And mix with our connatural dust. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Participation of the same nature; natural union or connection. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A congruity and connaturality between them. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bring to the same nature as something else; to adapt. [ Obs. ] Dr. J. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By the act of nature; originally; from birth. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Participation of the same nature; natural union. I. Walton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Participation in a common nature or character. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Connature was defined as likeness in kind between either two changes in consciousness, or two states of consciousness. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Connected; p. pr. & vb. n. Connecting. ] [ L. connectere, -nexum; con- + nectere to bind. See Annex. ] 1. To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation between. [ 1913 Webster ]

He fills, he bounds, connects and equals all. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man must see the connection of each intermediate idea with those that it connects before he can use it in a syllogism. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To associate (a person or thing, or one's self) with another person, thing, business, or affair. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To establish a communication link; -- used with with; as, his telephone didn't answer, so I connected with him by email. [ PJC ]

4. To electronically or mechanically link (a device) to another device, or to link a device to a common communication line; -- used with with; as, the installer connected our telephones on Monday; I connected my VCR to the TV set by myself; the plumber connected a shut-off valve to my gas line. [ PJC ]

Connecting rod (Mach.), a rod or bar joined to, and connecting, two or more moving parts; esp. a rod connecting a crank wrist with a beam, crosshead, piston rod, or piston, as in a steam engine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To join, unite, or cohere; to have a close relation; as, one line of railroad connects with another; one argument connects with another. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. p. p. of connect. [ Narrower terms: abutting, adjacent, adjoining, bordering(prenominal), conterminous, coterminous, contiguous ] [ Narrower terms: adjunctive ] [ Narrower terms: affined ] [ Narrower terms: attached ] [ Narrower terms: contiguous, in contact ] [ Narrower terms: coupled, joined, linked ] [ Narrower terms: cursive, flowing ] [ Narrower terms: siamese ] [ Narrower terms: socially connected, well-connected ] unconnected [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. being joined in close association.
Syn. -- affiliated, attached. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. connected by a conductor so as to allow the flow of electric signals. [ Narrower terms: wired (vs. wireless) ] WordNet 1.5 ]

4. (Music) legato. staccato
Syn. -- flowing, smooth. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

5. associated with or accompanying.
Syn. -- associated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

6. (Computers) stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer. [ Narrower terms: on-line (vs. off-line), online, on line(predicate) ]
Syn. -- machine-accessible. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

7. switched on. [ Narrower terms: on-line (vs. off-line), online, on line(predicate) ]
Syn. -- ready, on. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

8. having some relation.
Syn. -- related. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In a connected manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the state of being connected.
Syn. -- connection. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it).
Syn. -- connection, connexion. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. same as connector.
Syn. -- connection, connexion, connector, connective. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a resident of Connecticut. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. having a connection; as, connecting rooms. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. forming a connection; as, a connecting corridor. [ PJC ]

3. (Grammar) syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence.
Syn. -- copulative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the act of bringing two things into contact.
Syn. -- joining, connection, connexion. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. forming a connection; as, a connecting flight.
Syn. -- joining. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. Connexion. ] 1. The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; the act or process of bringing two things into contact; junction; union; as, the connection between church and state is inescapable; the connection of pipes of different diameters requires an adapter.
Syn. -- link, connectedness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which connects or joins together; bond; tie. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. any relationship between things or events; association; alliance; as, a causal connection between interest rates and stock prices.
Syn. -- relation. [ PJC ]

He [ Algazel ] denied the possibility of a known connection between cause and effect. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

The eternal and inseparable connection between virtue and happiness. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

Any sort of connection which is perceived or imagined between two or more things. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A relation; esp. a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood; -- used in a loose and indefinite, and sometimes a comprehensive, sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The persons or things that are connected; as, a business connection; the Methodist connection. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men elevated by powerful connection. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

At the head of a strong parliamentary connection. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose names, forces, connections, and characters were perfectly known to him. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. something that connects other objects.
Syn. -- connexion, connector, connecter, connective. [ PJC ]

6. (usually plural) an acquaintance or acquaintances who are influential or in a position of power and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship); as, he has powerful connections. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

7. a communications channel; as, my cell phone had a bad connection. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

8. (Transportation) a vehicle in which one may continue a journey after debarking from another vehicle; the departing vehicle of a connection{ 9 }; as, my connection leaves four hours after my arrival; I missed my connection. A connection may be more specifically referred to as a connecting flight, a connecting train, etc. [ PJC ]

9. (Transportation) the scheduled arrival of one vehicle and departure of a second, sufficiently close in time and place to allow the departing vehicle serve as a means of continuing a journey begun or continued in the first vehicle; as, we can get a connection at Newark to continue on to Paris; -- most commonly used of airplanes, trains, and buses arriving and departing at the same terminal. [ PJC ]

10. (Transportation) the transfer of a passenger from one vehicle to another to continue a journey; as, the connection was made in Copenhagen; -- most commonly of scheduled transportation on common carriers. [ PJC ]

11. (Commerce) a vendor who can supply desired materials at a favorable price, or under conditions when other sources are unavailable; as, to get a bargain from one's connection in the jewelry trade; to have connections for the purchase of marijuana; -- often used in the pl.. [ PJC ]

12. (Psychol.) the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination.
Syn. -- association, connection, connexion. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

In this connection, in connection with this subject. [ A phrase objected to by some writers. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word was formerly written, as by Milton, with x instead of t in the termination, connexion, and the same thing is true of the kindred words inflexion, reflexion, and the like. But the general usage at present is to spell them connection, inflection, reflection, etc.

Syn. -- Union; coherence; continuity; junction; association; dependence; intercourse; commerce; communication; affinity; relationship. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection. [ 1913 Webster ]

Connection tissue (Anat.) See Conjunctive tissue, under Conjunctive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which connects. Specifically: (a) (Gram.) A word that connect words or sentences; a conjunction or preposition. (b) (Bot.) That part of an anther which connects its thecæ, lobes, or cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In connjunction; jointly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, connects; as: (a) A flexible tube for connecting the ends of glass tubes in pneumatic experiments. (b) A device for holding two parts of an electrical conductor in contact. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Cunner. ] (Zool.) A marine European fish (Crenilabrus melops); also, the related American cunner. See Cunner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. connexus, p. p. See Connect. ] To connect. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. connexio: cf. F. connexion. ] Connection. See Connection. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Connective. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. n. The shot-proof pilot house of a war vessel. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the raised structure rising above the deck of a submarine. [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. connivence, L. conniventia. ] 1. Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or cooperation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Corrupt or guilty assent to wrongdoing, not involving actual participation in, but knowledge of, and failure to prevent or oppose it.

Syn. -- See Collusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Connived p. pr. & vb. n. Conniving. ] [ L. connivere to shut the eyes, connive, fr. con- + (perh.) a word akin to nicere to beckon, nictare to wink. ] 1. To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The artist is to teach them how to nod judiciously, and to connive with either eye. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To close the eyes upon a fault; to wink (at); to fail or forbear by intention to discover an act; to permit a proceeding, as if not aware of it; -- usually followed by at. [ 1913 Webster ]

To connive at what it does not approve. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

In many of these, the directors were heartily concurring; in most of them, they were encouraging, and sometimes commanding; in all they were conniving. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

The government thought it expedient, occasionally, to connive at the violation of this rule. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To shut the eyes to; to overlook; to pretend not to see. [ R. & Obs. ] “Divorces were not connived only, but with eye open allowed.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Connivance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. connivens, p. pr. ] 1. Forbearing to see; designedly inattentive; as, connivent justice. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) Brought close together; arched inward so that the points meet; converging; in close contact; as, the connivent petals of a flower, wings of an insect, or folds of membrane in the human system, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who connives. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. connaisseur, formerly connoisseur, fr. connaître to know, fr. L. cognoscere to become acquainted with; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know. See Know, and cf. Cognizor. ] One well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person; a critical judge of any art, particulary of one of the fine arts. [ 1913 Webster ]

The connoisseur is “one who knows, ” as opposed to the dilettant, who only “thinks he knows.” Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being a connoisseur. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. con- + notatus, p. p.of notare to mark. Cf. Connote. ] To connote; to suggest or designate (something) as additional; to include; to imply. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. connotation. ] The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a meaning implied but not explicitly denoted by some word or expression, which may be understood in addition to the explicit primary meaning. [ PJC ]

3. (Logic) the full set of necessary properties possessed by all the objects within the extension of a term; the intensional meaning of a term, which determines the objects to which the term applies; the intension of a term.
Syn. -- intension. [ PJC ]

adj. Having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit. Contrasted with denotative.
Syn. -- connotative of (predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Implying something additional; illative. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Log.) Implying an attribute. See Connote. [ 1913 Webster ]

Connotative term, one which denotes a subject and implies an attribute. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a connotative manner; expressing connotation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. connoted; p. pr. & vb. n. connoting. ] [ See connotate, and cote. ] 1. To mark along with; to suggest or indicate as additional; to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to imply. [ 1913 Webster ]

Good, in the general notion of it, connotes also a certain suitableness of it to some other thing. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) To imply as an attribute. [ 1913 Webster ]

The word “white” denotes all white things, as snow, paper, the foam of the sea, etc., and ipmlies, or as it was termed by the schoolmen, connotes, the attribute “whiteness.” J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. connubialis, fr. connubium marriage; con- + nubere to veil, to marry. See Nupital. ] Of or pertaining to marriage, or the marriage state; conjugal; nuptial. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor Eve the rites
Mysterious of connubial love refused. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Kind, connubial tenderness. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being connubial; something characteristics of the conjugal state; an expression of connubial tenderness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some connubialities which had begun to pass between Mr. and Mrs. B. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]