Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and IndexesChaucer, Geoffrey
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Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes
Chaucer, Geoffrey
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
COMPREHENDE, _ger._ to understand, 3. 762; Comprehenden, _ger._ to
comprehend, 3. 903; Comprehende, _v._ take (it) in, T. iv. 891; take in (in
the mind), F 223; Comprehendeth, _pr. s._ comprises, I 1043; Comprehended,
_pp._ collected, B 5. p 2. 22; briefly described, 7. 83. See COMPRENDE.
COMPRENDE, _v._ comprehend, contain, T. iii. 1687; Comprendith, _pr. s._
comprehends, B 5. p 4. 136 _n_; Comprended, _pp._ comprehended, B 1. m 2.
10 _n_. _Short for_ COMPREHENDE.
COMPRESSED, _pp._ restricted, B 2. p 7. 46.
COMUNABLETES, _pl._ communities, B 1. p 4. 20 _n_.
COMUNALITEE, _s._ dominion, empire, B 4. p 6. 250; Comunalitees, _s. pl._
commonwealths, communities, B 1. p 4. 20, 22; B 2. p 7. 4.
COMUNE, _adj._ common, general, common to all, T. iii. 1415, iv. 392;
indiscriminate, B 1. p 4. 154; public, B 1. p 4. 51; accustomed to, 3. 812;
Comun profit, the good of the country, 5. 47, 75. See COMMUNE.
COMUNE, _s._ commonwealth, B 2. p 7. 7, 42; a common share in a thing, E
1313. See COMMUNE.
COMUNLY, _adv._ commonly, A. ii. 19. 7; E 726; ordinarily, I 105; in
common, together, R. 1308.
COMYN, _s._ cummin, B 2045. 'A dwarf umbelliferous plant, somewhat
resembling fennel, cultivated for its seeds.'--Webster.
CON, _imp. s._ grant; Con me thank, grant me thanks, thank me, A. pr. 39.
See CONNE; and _Con_, _v._ (1), s. 4 in the New E. Dict.
CONCEITE, _s._ conception, B 3. p 10. 28; thought, L. 1764; idea, G 1214;
notion, T. i. 996; Conseyte, conception, B 5. p 4. 138; Conceytes, _pl._
fancies, T. iii. 804.
CONCEIVE, _v._; Conceived, _pp._ taken in, observed, L. 1746; Conceyved,
_pp._ conceived, R. 469; B 3675.
CONCEPCION, _s._ conception, I 576.
CONCLUDE, _v._ conclude, draw a conclusion, B 14; include, put together, G
429; attain to success, G 773; C['o]nclude, _v._ draw a conclusion, A 3067;
Concl['u]de, _1 pr. s._ (I) draw the conclusion, G 1472; Concluden, _ger._
to sum up, A 1895; to summarize, A 1358; Concluded, _pp._ come to a
conclusion, E 1607.
CONCLUSIOUN, _s._ decision, judgement, A 1845, 1869; decision, L. 2646;
result, successful end of an experiment, G 672; purpose, D 115, 430; plan,
15. 11 _n_; moral, L. 2723; reason, F 492; performance, F 1263; result,
summary, A 1743; result, HF. 848, 871; end (of life), HF. 103; fated end,
fate, 22. 23; _as in c._, after all, 4. 257; 15. 4; Conclusiouns, _pl._
mathematical propositions, theorems, A. pr. 9; A 3193.
CONC['O]RD, _s._ concord, T. iii. 506; C['o]ncord, E 1129, I 642.
CONCORDE, _v._ concord; Concordinge, agreeing, T. iii. 1752.
CONCUBYN, _s._ concubine, A 650.
CONCUPISCENCE, _s._ I 335.
CONDESCENDE, _v._ stoop to, F 407; Condescende in especial, be pleased to
consider in particular, B 2424; Condescended, _pp._ settled, B 2447, E
1605.
CONDICIONEL, _adj._ conditional, B 5. p 6. 128; B 4440.
CONDICIOUN, _s._ condition, A 38; L. 40; state, B 99; _in this c._, on this
condition, 5. 407; Condiciouns, _pl._ conduct, manners, B 2. p 5. 66;
circumstances, I 319; sorts, HF. 1530.
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