n. [ F., fr. L. conditio (better condicio) agreement, compact, condition; con- + a root signifying to show, point out, akin to dicere to say, dicare to proclaim, dedicate. See Teach, Token. ] 1. Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength, etc.; predicament; rank; position, estate. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am in my condition
A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

And O, what man's condition can be worse
Than his whom plenty starves and blessings curse? Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

The new conditions of life. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Essential quality; property; attribute. [ 1913 Webster ]

It seemed to us a condition and property of divine powers and beings to be hidden and unseen to others. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Temperament; disposition; character. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which must exist as the occasion or concomitant of something else; that which is requisite in order that something else should take effect; an essential qualification; stipulation; terms specified. [ 1913 Webster ]

I had as lief take her dowry with this condition, to be whipped at the high cross every morning. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many are apt to believe remission of sins, but they believe it without the condition of repentance. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligation; or, in case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or modify a devise or bequest. It is also the case of a future uncertain event, which may or may not happen, and on the occurrence or non-occurrence of which, the accomplishment, recission, or modification of an obligation or testamentary disposition is made to depend. Blount. Tomlins. Bouvier. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Equation of condition. (Math.) See under Equation. --
On condition or
Upon condition (that), used for if in introducing conditional sentences. “Upon condition thou wilt swear to pay him tribute . . . thou shalt be placed as viceroy under him.” Shak. --
Conditions of sale, the terms on which it is proposed to sell property by auction; also, the instrument containing or expressing these terms.

Syn. -- State; situation; circumstances; station; case; mode; plight; predicament; stipulation; qualification; requisite; article; provision; arrangement. See State. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Conditioned p. pr. & vb. n. Conditioning. ] 1. To make terms; to stipulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pay me back my credit,
And I'll condition with ye. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Metaph.) To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible. [ 1913 Webster ]

To think of a thing is to condition. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. LL. conditionare. See Condition, n. ] 1. To invest with, or limit by, conditions; to burden or qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as the condition of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seas, that daily gain upon the shore,
Have ebb and flow conditioning their march. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To contract; to stipulate; to agree. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was conditioned between Saturn and Titan, that Saturn should put to death all his male children. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (U. S. Colleges) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college; as, to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains). McElrath.

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a. [ L. conditionalis. ] 1. Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every covenant of God with man . . . may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional punishment annexed and declared. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram. & Logic) Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense. [ 1913 Webster ]

A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. Whately. [ 1913 Webster ]

The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . . used synonymously. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A limitation. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A conditional word, mode, or proposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals. L. H. Atwater. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a conditional manner; subject to a condition or conditions; not absolutely or positively. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. conditionatus, p. p. See Condition, v. t. ] Conditional. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Barak's answer is faithful, though conditionate. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To qualify by conditions; to regulate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put under conditions; to render conditional. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Surrounded; circumstanced; in a certain state or condition, as of property or health; as, a well conditioned man. [ 1913 Webster ]

The best conditioned and unwearied spirit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having, or known under or by, conditions or relations; not independent; not absolute. [ 1913 Webster ]

Under these, thought is possible only in the conditioned interval. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. made softer by washing with a chemical agent called a conditioner{ 3 }. [ PJC ]