CONDITION
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Con*di"tion (?), n. [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.] 1. 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.
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I am in my condition
A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king.
Shak.
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And O, what man's condition can be worse
Than his whom plenty starves and blessings curse?
Cowley.
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The new conditions of life.
Darwin.
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2. Essential quality; property; attribute.
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It seemed to us a condition and property of divine powers and beings to be hidden and unseen to others.
Bacon.
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3. Temperament; disposition; character. [Obs.]
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The condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil.
Shak.
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4. 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.
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I had as lief take her dowry with this condition, to be whipped at the high cross every morning.
Shak.
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Many are apt to believe remission of sins, but they believe it without the condition of repentance.
Jer. Taylor.
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5. (Law) 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. Blount. Tomlins. Bouvier. Wharton.
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Equation of condition. (Math.) See under Equation. -- On condition or Upon condition (that), used for if in introducing conditional sentences. “Upon condition thou wilt swear to pay him tribute . . . thou shalt be placed as viceroy under him.” Shak. -- Conditions of sale, the terms on which it is proposed to sell property by auction; also, the instrument containing or expressing these terms.
Syn. -- State; situation; circumstances; station; case; mode; plight; predicament; stipulation; qualification; requisite; article; provision; arrangement. See State.
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Con*di"tion (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Conditioned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Conditioning.] 1. To make terms; to stipulate.
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Pay me back my credit,
And I'll condition with ye.
Beau. & Fl.
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2. (Metaph.) To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.
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To think of a thing is to condition.
Sir W. Hamilton.
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Con*di"tion, v. t. [Cf. LL. conditionare. See Condition, n.] 1. To invest with, or limit by, conditions; to burden or qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as the condition of.
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Seas, that daily gain upon the shore,
Have ebb and flow conditioning their march.
Tennyson.
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2. To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
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It was conditioned between Saturn and Titan, that Saturn should put to death all his male children.
Sir W. Raleigh.
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3. (U. S. Colleges) 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.
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4. To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains). McElrath.
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