| Condition (condition) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Con*di"tion |
| [F., fr. L.
conditio (better condicio) agreement, compact,
condition; con- + a root signifying to show,
point out, akin to dicere to say, dicare to
proclaim, dedicate. See Teach, Token.] |
Mode or state of being; state or
situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or
to physical or mental integrity, health, strength, etc.;
predicament; rank; position, estate.
Essential quality; property;
attribute.
Temperament; disposition;
character.
That which must exist as the occasion
or concomitant of something else; that which is requisite in
order that something else should take effect; an essential
qualification; stipulation; terms specified.
A clause in a contract,
or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or
in some way to modify, the principal obligation; or, in case of a
will, to suspend, revoke, or modify a devise or bequest. It is
also the case of a future uncertain event, which may or may not
happen, and on the occurrence or non-occurrence of which, the
accomplishment, recission, or modification of an obligation or
testamentary disposition is made to depend.
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| Condition (condition) |
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| v. i. | (?) |
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| Con*di"tion |
| [imp. *** p. p. Conditioned (?)]
p. pr. *** vb. n. Conditioning.] |
To make terms] to stipulate.
To impose upon an
object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and
thought are alleged to be impossible.
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| Condition (condition) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Con*di"tion |
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To invest with, or limit by, conditions]
to burden or qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as
the condition of.
To contract; to stipulate; to
agree.
To put under
conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a
specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in
college; as, to condition a student who has failed in some
branch of study.
To test or assay, as silk (to
ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).
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