CON-
\kˈɒn], \kˈɒn], \k_ˈɒ_n]\
Definitions of CON-
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
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a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
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on the negative side; "much was written pro and con"
By Princeton University
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deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
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a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
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a person serving a prison sentence
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on the negative side; "much was written pro and con"
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To know; to understand; to acknowledge.
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To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously.
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To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.
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A prefix, fr. L. cum, signifying with, together, etc. See Com-.
By Oddity Software
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To study carefully; to commit to memory.
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On the negative side; the opposite of pro.
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An opposing voter; an opposing argument.
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Conned.
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Conning.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A contraction of L. contra, against, as in PRO AND CON, for and against.
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To study carefully: to commit to memory:-pr.p. conning: pa.p. conned.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Olivopontocerebellar Atrophies
- group inherited disorders which share progressive ataxia combination with atrophy CEREBELLUM; PONS; inferior olivary nuclei. Additional features include RIGIDITY; NYSTAGMUS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; DEMENTIA; URINARY INCONTINENCE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA. familial has an earlier onset (second decade) and may feature spinal cord atrophy. sporadic form tends to present in the fifth or sixth decade, is considered a clinical subtype MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1085)