con

verb

1. 1

   rareTo study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart.

   For Caſſius is a-weary of the World: / Hated by one he loues, brau'd by his Brother, / Check'd like a bondman, all his faults obſeru'd, / Set in a Note-booke, learn'd, and con'd by roate / To caſt into my Teeth.

   At length, himself unsettling, he the pond / Stirred with his staff, and fixedly did look / Upon the muddy water, which he conned, / As if he had been reading in a book

   I did not come into parliament to con my lesson. I had earned my pension before I set my foot in St. Stephen's chapel.

   During these delectable entertainments, Miss Wirt and the chaperon sate by, and conned over the peerage, and talked about the nobility.

2. 2

   obsoleteTo know; understand; acknowledge.

   Of Muses Hobbinol, I conne no skill

noun

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   A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).

   pros and cons

noun

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   slangA convicted criminal, a convict.

noun

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   informalA fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.

   My heart is breaking for my sister And the con that she called "love"

   Leavers will be attracted to that story because it spares them the discomfort of admitting that they voted for a con, and then made a prime minister of the con artist.

verb

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   informalTo trick, lie or defraud, usually for personal gain.

   Neoliberalism has conned us into fighting climate change as individuals [title]

   Taiwan man soaks feet in dry ice for 10 hours to con insurance firms, causing amputation […] A man in Taiwan shocked the internet after attempting to defraud five insurance companies by immersing his feet in a bucket of dry ice for 10 hours, resulting in the amputation of both feet.

verb

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   Variant of connAlternative form of conn (“direct a ship”).

noun

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   Variant of connAlternative form of conn (“navigational direction of a ship”).

noun

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   informalAn organized gathering, such as a convention, conference, or congress.

   I can't speak for Faye as ed of FHAPA, but it would be really swell of someone could send us a set of Intersection daily newszines, plus any con flyers or other fannish papers that were there to had for the picking up: fannish things, you know, not including media, gaming, filking or costuming, fine fun but not my cup of blog, thank you.

noun

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   informalThe conversion of part of a building.

   We're getting a loft con done next year.

noun

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   informalConsumption; pulmonary tuberculosis.

noun

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   obsoleteSquirrel, particularly the red squirrel.

2. 2

   obsoleteA squirrel's nest.

noun

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   A political conservative.

   own the cons

noun

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   Variant of consolidationAbbreviation of consolidation: only used in naming.

adjective

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   Variant of consolidatedAbbreviation of consolidated: only used in naming.

Forms

plural

cons

past tense

conned

past participle

conned

present participle

conning

third person singular

cons