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–adverb

1.	against a proposition, opinion, etc.: arguments pro and con.

–noun

2.	the argument, position, arguer, or voter against something.

Compare pro¹.

[Origin: 1575–85; short for L contrā in opposition, against

]

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–verb (used with object), conned, con·ning.

1.	to learn; study; peruse or examine carefully.

2.	to commit to memory.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME cunnen, OE cunnan var. of can¹ in sense “become acquainted with, learn to know”

]

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Audio Help [kon] Pronunciation Key verb, conned, con·ning, noun Nautical

–verb (used with object)

1.	to direct the steering of (a ship).

–noun

2.	the station of the person who cons.

3.	the act of conning.

Also, conn.

[Origin: 1350–1400; earlier cond, apocopated var. of ME condie, condue < MF cond(u)ire < L condūcere to conduct

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Audio Help [kon] Pronunciation Key adjective, verb, conned, con·ning, noun Informal.

–adjective

1.	involving abuse of confidence: a con trick.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to swindle; trick: That crook conned me out of all my savings.

3.	to persuade by deception, cajolery, etc.

–noun

4.	a confidence game or swindle.

5.	a lie, exaggeration, or glib self-serving talk: He had a dozen different cons for getting out of paying traffic tickets.

[Origin: 1895–1900, Americanism; by shortening of confidence

]

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–noun Slang.

a convict.

[Origin: 1715–25; by shortening

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–verb (used with object), conned, con·ning. British Dialect.

1.	to strike, hit, or rap (something or someone).

2.	to hammer (a nail or peg).

3.	to beat or thrash a person with the hands or a weapon.

[Origin: 1890–95; perh. akin to F cognée hatchet, cogner to knock in, drive (a nail) home

]

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Con.

1.	Conformist.

Consul.

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con.

concerto.

2.	conclusion.

3.	connection.

4.	consolidated.

consul.

6.	continued.

against.

[Origin: < L contrā

]

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con¹ Audio Help   (kŏn) Pronunciation Key
adv.   In opposition or disagreement; against: debated the issue pro and con.

n.

An argument or opinion against something.
One who holds an opposing opinion or view.

[Short for contra.]

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tr.v. conned, con·ning, cons

To study, peruse, or examine carefully.
To learn or commit to memory.

[Middle English connen, to know, from Old English cunnan; see gnō- in Indo-European roots.]

con'ner n.

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tr.v.   conned, con·ning, cons or conns
To direct the steering or course of (a vessel).

n.

The station or post of the person who steers a vessel.
The act or process of steering a vessel.

[From cond, from Middle English conduen, from Old French conduire, from Latin condūcere, to lead together; see conduce.]

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con⁴ Audio Help   (kŏn) Pronunciation Key
tr.v.   conned, con·ning, cons
To swindle (a victim) by first winning his or her confidence; dupe.

n.   A swindle.

adj.   Of, relating to, or involving a swindle or fraud: a con artist; a con job.

[Short for confidence.]

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con⁵ Audio Help (kŏn) Pronunciation Key
n. Slang
A convict.

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con (1)

"negation" (mainly in pro and con), 1572, short for L. contra "against."

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con (2)

"study," from O.E. cunnan "to know, know how" (see can (v.)).

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con (3)

"swindle," 1889, Amer.Eng., from confidence man (1849), from the many scams in which the victim is induced to hand over money as a token of confidence. Confidence with a sense of "assurance based on insufficient grounds" dates from 1594.

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con (4)

"to guide ships," 1626, from Fr. conduire, from L. conducere (see conduce).

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con
adverb
1.	in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.; "much was written pro and con" [ant: pro]
noun
1.	an argument opposed to a proposal [ant: pro]
2.	a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn: convict]
3.	a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
verb
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"
2.	commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?" [syn: memorize]

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con [kon] verb — past tense, past participle conned

to trick or persuade dishonestly
Example: He conned her into giving him money.

Arabic:	يَخْدَع
Chinese (Simplified):	哄骗
Chinese (Traditional):	哄騙
Czech:	napálit, obalamutit
Danish:	narre; snyde; svindle
Dutch:	oplichten
Estonian:	pettusega meelitama
Finnish:	huijata
French:	escroquer
German:	reinlegen
Greek:	εξαπατώ
Hungarian:	rászed
Icelandic:	svindla á, plata
Indonesian:	menipu
Italian:	raggirare, truffare

Japanese:	だます
Korean:	속이다
Latvian:	izkrāpt; blēdīties
Lithuanian:	išvilioti, sugundyti
Norwegian:	narre, lure, lokke, svindle
Polish:	naciągać
Portuguese (Brazil):	trapacear
Portuguese (Portugal):	vigarizar
Romanian:	a prosti; a escroca
Russian:	обманом выманивать
Slovak:	vylákať (podvodom)
Slovenian:	varati, premamiti
Spanish:	estafar, timar
Swedish:	lura, dra vid näsan
Turkish:	kandırmak, üçkâgıda getirmek

con [kon] noun

a dishonest trick

Arabic:	خِداع، حيلَه
Chinese (Simplified):	骗局
Chinese (Traditional):	騙局
Czech:	podfuk
Danish:	svindelnummer
Dutch:	oplichterij
Estonian:	sulitemp
Finnish:	huijaus
French:	escroquerie
German:	der Schwindel
Hungarian:	beugratás
Icelandic:	svindl
Indonesian:	penipuan
Italian:	truffa
Japanese:	信用詐欺

Korean:	사기
Latvian:	blēdība
Lithuanian:	apgavystė
Norwegian:	svindel, bondefangeri
Polish:	szwindel
Portuguese (Brazil):	vigarice
Portuguese (Portugal):	vigarice
Romanian:	escrocherie; păcăleală
Russian:	мошенничество
Slovak:	podvod
Slovenian:	prevara
Spanish:	estafa, timo
Swedish:	bondfångarknep, bluff
Turkish:	dolap, dümen, üçkâğıt

See also: con man

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con
[SF fandom] A science-fiction convention. Not used of other sorts of conventions, such as professional meetings. This term, unlike many others of SF-fan slang, is widely recognised even by hackers who aren't fans. "We'd been corresponding on the net for months, then we met face-to-face at a con."
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Ale"con`ner\, n. [/Ale + con, OE. cunnen to test, AS. cunnian to test. See Con.] Orig., an officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London to inspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.] [Eng.]

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Can\, v. t. & i.

Note: [The transitive use is obsolete.] [imp. Could.] [OE. cunnen, cannen (1st sing. pres. I can), to know, know how, be able, AS. cunnan, 1st sing. pres. ic cann or can, pl. cunnon, 1st sing. imp. c[=u][eth]e (for cun[eth]e); p. p. c[=u][eth] (for cun[eth]); akin to OS. Kunnan, D. Kunnen, OHG. chunnan, G. k["o]nnen, Icel. kunna, Goth. Kunnan, and E. ken to know. The present tense I can (AS. ic cann) was originally a preterit, meaning I have known or Learned, and hence I know, know how. [root]45. See Ken, Know; cf. Con, Cunning, Uncouth.]

1. To know; to understand. [Obs.]

I can rimes of Rodin Hood. --Piers Plowman.

I can no Latin, quod she. --Piers Plowman.

Let the priest in surplice white, That defunctive music can. --Shak.

2. To be able to do; to have power or influence. [Obs.]

The will of Him who all things can. --Milton.

For what, alas, can these my single arms? --Shak.

M[ae]c[ae]nas and Agrippa, who can most with C[ae]sar. --Beau. & Fl.

3. To be able; -- followed by an infinitive without to; as, I can go, but do not wish to.

Syn: Can but, Can not but. It is an error to use the former of these phrases where the sens requires the latter. If we say, "I can but perish if I go," "But" means only, and denotes that this is all or the worst that can happen. When the apostle Peter said. "We can not but speak of the things which we have seen and heard." he referred to a moral constraint or necessety which rested upon him and his associates; and the meaning was, We cannot help speaking, We cannot refrain from speaking. This idea of a moral necessity or constraint is of frequent occurrence, and is also expressed in the phrase, "I can not help it." Thus we say. "I can not but hope," "I can not but believe," "I can not but think," "I can not but remark," etc., in cases in which it would be an error to use the phrase can but.

Yet he could not but acknowledge to himself that there was something calculated to impress awe, . . . in the sudden appearances and vanishings . . . of the masque --De Quincey.

Tom felt that this was a rebuff for him, and could not but understand it as a left-handed hit at his employer. --Dickens.

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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.

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