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cons.
adverb
1.
against a proposition, opinion, etc.: arguments pro and con.
noun
2.
the argument, position, arguer, or voter against something.
verb (used with object), conned, con·ning.
1.
to learn; study; peruse or examine carefully.
2.
to commit to memory.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English cunnen, Old English cunnan variant of can1 in sense “become acquainted with, learn to know”
before 1000; Middle English cunnen, Old English cunnan variant of can1 in sense “become acquainted with, learn to know”
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.
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.
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; perhaps akin to French cognée hatchet, cogner to knock in, drive (a nail) home
1890–95; perhaps akin to French cognée hatchet, cogner to knock in, drive (a nail) home
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con
"to guide ships," 1626, from Fr. conduire, from L. conducere (see conduce).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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/konz/ or /kons/ [LISP, "construct"] A Lisp function which takes an element H and a list T and returns a new list whose head is H and whose tail is T.
In Lisp, "cons" is the most fundamental operation for building structures. It actually takes any two objects and returns a "dotted-pair" or two-branched tree with one object hanging from each branch. Because the result of a cons is an object, it can be used to build binary trees of any shape and complexity.
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