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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CON. A Latin inseparable preposition or prefix to other words. Ainsworth remarks that con and cum habe the same signification, but that cum is used separately, and con in composition. Con and cum may be radically distinct words. The Irish comh, or coimh, is equivalent to the Latin con; and the Welsh cym, convertible into cyv, appears to be the same word, denoting, says Owen, a mutual act, quality or effect. It is precisely equivalent to the Latin com, in comparo, compono, and the Latin com, in composition, may be the Celtic comh or cym. But generally it seems to be con, changed into com. Ainsworth deduces cum from the Greek; for originally it was written cyn. But this is probably a mistake.
Con coincides in radical letters and in signification with the Teutonic gain, gen, gean, igen, igien, in the English again, against; Sax. Gean, ongean; sw. Igen; Dan. Igien. Whatever may be its origin or affinities, the primary sense of the word is probably from some root that signifies to meet or oppose, or turn and meet; to approach to, or to be with. This is the radical sense of most propositions of the like import. See the English with, again. So in Irish, coinne, a meeting; as coinne, opposite.
Con, in compounds, is change into l before l, as in colligo, to collect, and into m before a labial, as in comparo, to compare. Before a vowel or h, the na is dropped; as in coalesco, to coalesce, to cooperate; cohibeo, to restrain. I denotes union, as in conjoin; or opposition, as in conflict, contend.
CON, [abbreviated from Latin contra, against.] In the phrase, pro and con, for and against, con denotes the negative side of a question. As a noun, a person who is in the negative; as the pros and cons.
CON, v.t. [to know, to be able, to be skillful or wise; and to bear or bring forth, Gr. To try, to attempt, to prove, L., whence cunning, skillful, experienced, or skill, experience; coincides in sense with to begin, to try to attempt. G. To know; to be able. The primary sense is, to strain or stretch, which gives the sense of strength, power, as in can, and of holding, containing, comprehending, as contain, from contineo, teneo, Gr., L. To beget or to bring forth. In the sense of know, con signifies to hold or to reach.]
1. To know.
I conne no skill.
I shall not conne answer. I shall not know or be able to answer.
2. To make ones self master of; to fix in the mend or commit to memory; as, to con a lesson.
To con thanks, to be pleased or obliged, or to thank.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an argument opposed to a proposal [ant: pro]
2: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn: convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird]
3: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam] 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, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con]
2: commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?" [syn: memorize, memorise, con, learn] adv
1: in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.; "much was written pro and con" [ant: pro]

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb (conned; conning) Etymology: Middle English connen to know, learn, study, alteration of cunnen to know, infinitive of can — more at can Date: 13th century 1. to commit to memory 2. to study or examine closely II. variant of conn III. adverb Etymology: Middle English, short for contra Date: 15th century on the negative side ; in opposition <so much has been written pro and con> IV. noun Date: 1589 1. an argument or evidence in opposition 2. the negative position or one holding it <an appraisal of the pros and cons> V. adjective Etymology: by shortening Date: 1889 confidence <a con artist> <a con game> VI. transitive verb (conned; conning) Date: 1896 1. swindle <accused of conning retirees out of their savings> 2. manipulate 2b 3. persuade, cajole VII. noun Date: 1901 something (as a ruse) used deceptively to gain another's confidence; also a confidence game ; swindle VIII. noun Etymology: by shortening Date: 1893 convict IX. noun Etymology: short for consumption Date: 1915 slang a destructive disease of the lungs; especially tuberculosis X. abbreviation 1. [Latin conjunx] consort 2. consolidated 3. consul 4. continued

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. sl. --n. a confidence trick. --v.tr. (conned, conning) swindle; deceive (conned him into thinking he had won). Phrases and idioms: con man = confidence man. Etymology: abbr. 2. n., prep., & adv. --n. (usu. in pl.) a reason against. --prep. & adv. against (cf. pro(2)). Etymology: L contra against 3. n. sl. a convict. Etymology: abbr. 4. v.tr. (US conn) (conned, conning) Naut. direct the steering of (a ship). Etymology: app. weakened form of obs. cond, condie, f. F conduire f. L conducere conduct 5. v.tr. (conned, conning) archaic (often foll. by over) study, learn by heart (conned his part well). Etymology: ME cunn-, con, forms of can(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.] 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. --Wordsworth. 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(cons, conning, conned) 1. If someone cons you, they persuade you to do something or believe something by telling you things that are not true. (INFORMAL) He claimed that the businessman had conned him of £10,000... White conned his way into a job as a warehouseman with Dutch airline, KLM... The British motorist has been conned by the government. = cheat, trick VERB: V n of/out of/into n/-ing, V way into n, be V-ed, also V n 2. A con is a trick in which someone deceives you by telling you something that is not true. (INFORMAL) Slimming snacks that offer miraculous weight loss are a con... N-COUNT 3. A con is the same as a convict. (INFORMAL) N-COUNT 4. pros and cons: see pro see also mod cons

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title. (BRIT) ...Det Con Terence Woodwiss. N-TITLE 2. Con is the written abbreviation for Conservative. (BRIT) ...Philip Goodhart MP for Beckenham (Con).

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Study, read over carefully, consider minutely, fix in the mind, commit to memory, learn by heart, con over.

Airports

Landing Facility Type	AIRPORT
Airport Code	CON
EFF_DATE	02/16/2006
FAA Region	ANE
FAA District	NONE
State	NH
State	NEW HAMPSHIRE
County	MERRIMACK
County State	NH
City Name	CONCORD
Full Name	CONCORD MUNI
Owner Type	PU
Facility Use	PU
Facility City, State, Zip	"CONCORD, NH 03301"
Elevation	346
Aeronautical chart on which the airport facility appears	NEW YORK
Distance from the central business district of the associated city to the airport in nautical miles	02
Direction of airport from the central business district of the associated city	E
NASP/Federal Agreement Code	NGY3
Customs international airport	N
Customs Landing Rights Airport	N
Joint Use	Y
Military Landing Rights	Y
Control Tower	N
Based Single Engine General Aviation Aircraft	058
Based Multi-engine general aviation aircraft	009
Based Helicopters	002
Based Military Aircraft	010
Based Ultralight aircraft	002
Air Taxi	002926
General Aviation, Local Operations	030000
General Aviation - Itinerant Operations	050000
Military Aircraft Operations	007000
Latitude	43.2027327778
Longitude	-71.5022855556
State FIPS code	33
State Postal Code	NH
Total domestic enplanements (inbound plus outbound)	8
Version	09

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