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Found 2 items, similar to con.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: con
con
n 1: an argument opposed to a proposal [ant:
pro]
2: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn:
convict,
inmate,
jailbird,
gaolbird]
3: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a
person to buy worthless property [syn:
bunco,
bunco game
,
bunko,
bunko game,
confidence trick,
confidence game
,
con game,
gyp,
hustle,
sting,
flimflam]
[also:
conning,
conned]
con
adv : on the negative side;
“much was written pro and con” [syn:
in opposition
] [ant:
pro]
[also:
conning,
conned]
con
v 1: 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” [syn:
victimize,
swindle,
rook,
goldbrick,
nobble,
diddle,
bunco,
defraud,
scam,
mulct,
gyp]
2: commit to memory; learn by heart;
“Have you memorized your
lines for the play yet?” [syn:
memorize,
memorise,
learn]
[also:
conning,
conned]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Con
Con
\Con\, adv. [Abbrev. from L. contra against.]
Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative
side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection
with it. See
Pro.
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Con
\Con\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Conned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Conning.] [AS. cunnan to know, be able, and (derived from
this) cunnian to try, test. See
Can, v. t. & i.]
1. To know; to understand; to acknowledge. [Obs.]
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Of muses, Hobbinol, I con no skill. --Spenser.
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They say they con to heaven the highway. --Spenser.
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2. To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit
to memory; to regard studiously.
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Fixedly did look
Upon the muddy waters which he conned
As if he had been reading in a book. --Wordsworth.
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I did not come into Parliament to con my lesson.
--Burke.
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To con answer, to be able to answer. [Obs.]
To con thanks, to thank; to acknowledge obligation. [Obs.]
--Shak.
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Con
\Con\, v. t. [See
Cond.] (Naut.)
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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