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A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).
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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.
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obsolèteTo know; understand; acknowledge.
Of Muses Hobbinol, I conne no skill
Étymologie
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti Proto-Germanic *kunnaną Proto-West Germanic *kunnan Old English cunnan Middle English connen English con Inherited from Middle English connen, inherited from Old English cunnan (“to know, know how”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan (“recognize, know how”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną (“to know, know how”), inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”) Doublet of can.
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A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).
pros and cons
Étymologie
Abbreviation of Latin contrā (“against”).
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argotA convicted criminal, a convict.
Étymologie
Clipping of convict.
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familierA 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.
Étymologie
From con trick, shortened from confidence trick.
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familierTo 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.
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Variante de connAlternative form of conn (“direct a ship”).
Étymologie
From earlier cond; see conn.
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Variante de connAlternative form of conn (“navigational direction of a ship”).
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familierAn 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.
Étymologie
Clipping of convention or conference.
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familierThe conversion of part of a building.
We're getting a loft con done next year.
Étymologie
Clipping of conversion.
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familierConsumption; pulmonary tuberculosis.
Étymologie
Clipping of consumption.
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obsolèteSquirrel, particularly the red squirrel.
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obsolèteA squirrel's nest.
Étymologie
Origin uncertain. Perhaps a clipping of Middle English acquerne, aquerne, ocquerne, okerne (“squirrel”), from Old English ācweorna, āqueorna, āquorna, ācurna (“squirrel”), from Proto-West Germanic *aikwernō, from Proto-Germanic *aikwernô (“squirrel”); or from its Old Norse cognate íkorni (“squirrel”), from the same ultimate source. Cognate with West Frisian iikhoarn (“squirrel”), Dutch eekhoorn (“squirrel”), German Eichhorn (“squirrel”), Icelandic íkorni (“squirrel”).
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A political conservative.
own the cons
Étymologie
Clipping of conservative; compare lib.
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Variante de consolidationAbbreviation of consolidation: only used in naming.
Étymologie
Clipping of consolidation or consolidated.
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Variante de consolidatedAbbreviation of consolidated: only used in naming.
Formes
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- cons
- passé
- conned
- participe passé
- conned
- participe présent
- conning
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- cons
con · A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).
Con · A male given name, a diminutive form of Conor, Conrad or…Conan · A male given name from Irish.conceal · To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try…