1. To know; to understand; to acknowledge. [Obs.] Of muses, Hobbinol, I con no skill. Spenser. They say they con to heaven the highway. Spenser.
2. To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously. Fixedly did look Upon the muddy waters which he conned As if he had been reading in a book. Wodsworth. I did not come into Parliament to con my lesson. Burke. To con answer, to be able to answer. [Obs.] — To con thanks, to thank; to acknowledge obligation. [Obs.] Shak.
CON
Con, v. t. Etym: [See Cond.] (Naut.)
Defn: To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.
CONACRE
Con*a"cre, v. t.
Defn: To underlet a proportion of, for a single crop; — said of a farm. [Ireland]
CONACRE
Con*a"cre, n.
Defn: A system of letting a proportion of a farm for a single crop.
[Ireland] Also used adjectively; as, the conacre system or principle.
Mozley & W.
CONARIUM
Co*na"ri*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: The pineal gland.