A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Comynere], sb. participator, W.

[ Comynte], sb. community, W2; comunete, PP.—Lat. communitatem.

[ Con], pr. s. can, know, S. Phr.: con-þonk, thanks, S; see [Kunnen].

[ Conabill], adj. suitable, convenient, B.—OF. covenable, convenable; Late Lat. convenabilem.

[ Conand], sb. covenant, B; Connand, B; Cunnand, B.—OF. convenant, agreeing, befitting, also, a covenant, pr. p. of convenir; Lat. convenire. See [Couenaunt].

[ Conandly], adv. befittingly, S3.

[ Conceipt], sb. imagination, fancy, idea, MD, S3; conceit, C3; conceits, pl., fantastic patterns, S3.

[ Conceiven], v. to comprise, to conceive, to imagine, MD; conceyue, PP.—OF. concevoir; Lat. concipere.

[ Conduit], sb. guidance, a conduit, MD; condut, MD; condite, MD; conduyte, S3; cundyth, Voc.; condeth, MD; kundites, pl., S3.—OF. conduit (Bartsch); Lat. conductum, from conducere.

[ Confessen], v. to confess, to receive a confession, MD.—AF. confesser; from Lat. confessus, pp. of conefiteor.