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conning

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conning tower

ta:conning vi:conning

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Con \Con\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Conning.] [AS. cunnan to know, be able, and (derived from
this) cunnian to try, test. See Can, v. t. & i.]
1. To know; to understand; to acknowledge. [Obs.]
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Of muses, Hobbinol, I con no skill. --Spenser.
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They say they con to heaven the highway. --Spenser.
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2. To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit
to memory; to regard studiously.
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Fixedly did look
Upon the muddy waters which he conned
As if he had been reading in a book. --Wordsworth.
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I did not come into Parliament to con my lesson.
--Burke.
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To con answer, to be able to answer. [Obs.]

To con thanks, to thank; to acknowledge obligation. [Obs.]
--Shak.
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WordNet conning
See con

WordNet con
n 1: an argument opposed to a proposal [ant: pro]
2: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn: convict,
inmate, jailbird, gaolbird]
3: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a
person to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, {bunco
game}, bunko, bunko game, confidence trick, {confidence
game}, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam]
adv : on the negative side; "much was written pro and con" [syn: {in
opposition}] [ant: pro]
v 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" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick,
nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct,
gyp]
2: commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your
lines for the play yet?" [syn: memorize, memorise, learn]
[also: conning, conned]