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Consents
- noun - give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"
- permission to do something; "he indicated his consent"
Conserve
- noun - fruit preserved by cooking with sugar
- keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change; "Energy is conserved in this process"
- keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not keep up the building"; "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts"
- preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard"
- use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"
Contemns
- verb - look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"
Contempt
- noun - a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous
- a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body
- lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"
- open disrespect for a person or thing
Contends
- verb - be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"
- come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
- compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
- have an argument about something
- maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future"
- to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race"
Contents
- noun - a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start
- everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something; "he emptied the contents of his pockets"; "the two groups were similar in content"
- make content; "I am contented"
- satisfy in a limited way; "He contented himself with one glass of beer per day"
- something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation; "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject"
- the amount that can be contained; "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons"
- the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.
- the state of being contented with your situation in life; "he relaxed in sleepy contentedness"; "they could read to their heart's content"
- the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
Contessa
- unknown - Italian noblewoman
Contests
- noun - a struggle between rivals
- an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
- Competition
- fixtures
- to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race"
Contexts
- noun - discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation
- the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context"
Convects
- verb - circulate hot air by convection