Adjacent Words
To come to timeTo come together
To come true
To come under
To come up
To come up the capstan
To come up the tackle fall
To come up to
To come up with
To come upon
To commit
To commit a bill
To commit to memory
To commune with one's self
To compound a felony
To con thanks
To congratulate one's self
To conjure up
To contest an election
To cool the heels
To corbel out
To cost dear
To couch a
To couch malt
To cough down
To count out
To cover
To cover into
To cover one's short contracts
To crack a bottle
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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.
