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‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) The wild dog of northern India (Cuon primævus), supposed by some to be an ancestral species of the domestic dog. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. censualis, fr. census. ] Relating to, or containing, a census. [ 1913 Webster ]

He caused the whole realm to be described in a censual roll. Sir R. Baker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Deserving of censure; blamable; culpable; reprehensible; as, a censurable person, or censurable conduct.

-- Cen"sur*a*bleness, n. -- Cen"sur*a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. censura fr. censere: cf. F. censure. Cf. Censor. ] 1. Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both the censure and the praise were merited. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Excommunication or other censure of the church. Bp. Burnet.

Syn. -- Blame; reproof; condemnation; reprobation; disapproval; disapprobation; reprehension; animadversion; reprimand; reflection; dispraise; abuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Censured p. pr. & vb. n. Censuring. ] [ Cf. F. ensurer. ] 1. To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge. [ Obs. ] “Should I say more, you might well censure me a flatterer.” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to express disapprobation of. [ 1913 Webster ]

I may be censured that nature thus gives way to loyalty. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To condemn or reprimand by a judicial or ecclesiastical sentence. Shak.

Syn. -- To blame; reprove; rebuke; condemn; reprehend; reprimand. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To judge. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who censures. Sha. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. census, fr. censere. See Censor. ] 1. (Bot. Antiq.) A numbering of the people, and valuation of their estate, for the purpose of imposing taxes, etc.; -- usually made once in five years. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An official registration of the number of the people, the value of their estates, and other general statistics of a country. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A general census of the United States was first taken in 1790, and one has been taken at the end of every ten years since. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Co- + insurance. ] Insurance jointly with another or others; specif., that system of fire insurance in which the insurer is treated as insuring himself to the extent of that part of the risk not covered by his policy, so that any loss is apportioned between him and the insurance company on the principle of average, as in marine insurance or between other insurers. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. F. commensurabilité. ] The quality of being commensurable. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. commensurabilis; pref. com- + mensurable. See Commensurate, and cf. Commeasurable. ] Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by the same number, quantity, or measure. -- Com*men"su*ra*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

Commensurable numbers or
Commensurable quantities (Math.), those that can be exactly expressed by some common unit; thus a foot and yard are commensurable, since both can be expressed in terms of an inch, one being 12 inches, the other 36 inches. --
Numbers commensurable in power, or
Quantities commensurable in power, those whose squares are commensurable. [1913 Webster]

adv. In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Commensurated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commensurating. ] [ Pref. com- + mensurate. ] 1. To reduce to a common measure. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To proportionate; to adjust. T. Puller [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Equal in measure or extent; proportionate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those who are persuaded that they shall continue forever, can not choose but aspire after a happiness commensurate to their duration. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a commensurate manner; so as to be equal or proportionate; adequately. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With equal measure or extent. Goodwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being commensurate. Foster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. commensuration. ] The act of commensurating; the state of being commensurate. [ 1913 Webster ]

All fitness lies in a particular commensuration, or proportion of one thing to another. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Consent, v. i., and cf. Sensual. ] 1. (Law) Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or more parties. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition; as, consensual motions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consensual contract (Law), a contract formed merely by consent, as a marriage contract. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. See Consent. ] Agreement; accord; consent. [ 1913 Webster ]

That traditional consensus of society which we call public opinion. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. consubstantialis; con- + substantialis: cf. F. consubstantiel. See Substantial. ] Of the same kind or nature; having the same substance or essence; coessential. [ 1913 Webster ]

Christ Jesus . . . coeternal and consubstantial with the Father and with the Holy Ghost. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine of consubstantiation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who believes in consubstantiation. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. consubstantialité. ] Participation of the same nature; coexistence in the same substance. “His [ the Son's ] . . . consubstantiality with the Father.” Hammend. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a consubstantial manner; with identity of substance or nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Consubstantiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Consubstantiating. ] To cause to unite, or to regard as united, in one common substance or nature. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His soul must be consubstantiated with reason. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To profess or belive the doctrine of consubstantion. [ 1913 Webster ]

The consubstantiating church and priest. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Partaking of the same substance; united; consubstantial. [ 1913 Webster ]

We must love her [ the wife ] that is thus consubstantiate with us. Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An identity or union of substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; impanation; -- opposed to transubstantiation. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This view, held by Luther himself, was called consubstantiation by non Lutheran writers in contradistinction to transsubstantiation, the Catholic view. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. consuetudo. See Custom. ] Custom, habit; usage. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To observe this consuetude or law. Barnes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. consuetudinalis. ] According to custom; customary; usual. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. consuetudinarius. ] Customary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Consuetudinaries A manual or ritual of customary devotional exercises. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., prob. fr. consulere to deliberate. See Consult. ] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) One of the two chief magistrates of the republic. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They were chosen annually, originally from the patricians only, but later from the plebeians also. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A senator; a counselor. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Many of the consuls, raised and met,
Are at the duke's already. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

With kings and consuls of the earth. Job. iii. 14 (Douay Ver. ) [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Fr. Hist.) One of the three chief magistrates of France from 1799 to 1804, who were called, respectively, first, second, and third consul. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An official commissioned to reside in some foreign country, to care for the commercial interests of the citizens of the appointing government, and to protect its seamen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consul general, a consul of the first rank, stationed in an important place, or having jurisdiction in several places or over several consuls. --
Vice consul, a consular officer holding the place of a consul during the consul's absence or after he has been relieved. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Com.) A duty or tax paid by merchants for the protection of their commerce by means of a consul in a foreign place. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. consularis; cf. F. consulaire. ] Of or pertaining to a consul; performing the duties of a consul; as, consular power; consular dignity; consular officers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consular. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. consulatus: cf. F. consulat. ] 1. The office of a consul. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The jurisdiction or residence of a consul. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Consular government; term of office of a consul. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The office of a consul; consulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The term of office of a consul. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Consulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Consulting. ] [ L. consultare, fr. consulere to consult: cf. f. consulter. Cf. Counsel. ] To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let us consult upon to-morrow's business. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the laws of England have been made by the kings England, consulting with the nobility and commons. Hobbes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a physician; to consult a dictionary. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men forgot, or feared, to consult nature . . . ; they were content to consult libraries. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are . . . to consult the necessities of life, rather than matters of ornament and delight. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To deliberate upon; to take for. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Manythings were there consulted for the future, yet nothing was positively resolved. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people. Hab. ii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consulation; determination; decision. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The council broke;
And all grave consults dissolved in smoke. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A council; a meeting for consultation. [ Obs. ] “A consult of coquettes.” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Agreement; concert [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an expert who gives advice.
Syn. -- adviser, advisor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Formed by consultation; resulting from conference. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consultary response (Law), the opinion of a court on a special case. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. consultatio: cf. F. consultation. ] 1. The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus they doubtful consultations dark
Ended. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A council or conference, as of physicians, held to consider a special case, or of lawyers restained in a cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

Writ of consultation (Law), a writ by which a cause, improperly removed by prohibition from one court to another, is returned to the court from which it came; -- so called because the judges, on consultation, find the prohibition ill-founded. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to consultation; having the privilege or right of conference. “A consultative . . . power.” Abp. Bramhall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who consults, or asks counsel or information. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That consults. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consulting physician (Med.), a physician who consults with the attending practitioner regarding any case of disease. [ 1913 Webster ]