conditionn.
/kənˈdɪʃn/, U.S. /kənˈdɪʃən/ I. A convention, stipulation, proviso, etc.† 3. Agreement by settlement of terms; covenant, contract, treaty. Obsolete.† 5. A restriction, qualification, or limitation.
1. † c. condition was used for on condition that. [compare cause conj. = because that.]
a. Something demanded or required as a prerequisite to the granting or performance of something else; a provision, a stipulation.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [noun] > reservation, proviso
conditionc1315
preveance?1316
purview1442
proviso1443
provision1450
saving1478
forprise1530
cautel1541
caveat1579
postulate1588
cautiona1593
non obstante1604
reservation1606
unless1606
reservancy1630
salvo1642
reserve1644
stipulation1792
reserver1807
get-out clause1912
clausula rebus sic stantibus1939
escape clause1945
c1315 Shoreham 64 Hit is wykked condicioun..ȝef he seyth ich wille the have..Ȝef thou deist suche a dede Of queade.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xlvii. 26 The preestis loond, that free was fro this condicioun.
14.. Purific. Marie 128 Thys law..Ne was not put but by condycyon Only to hem that corupt weron by kynd.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection Pref. sig. Aiv The condicions requyred to a pilgreme.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iii. 108 I had rather be a countrey seruant maid, Then a great Queene with this condition . View more context for this quotation
1611 Bible (King James) Luke xiv. 32.
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. iii. §4. 253 He then, while he feared his owne life,..stood vpon no condition.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 759 Wilt thou enjoy the good, Then cavil the conditions ? View more context for this quotation
1758 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) X. 308 The word condition means neither more nor less than something sine quâ non, without which something else is not done.
1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales II. 153 The conditions were that at a given signal the parties were to advance..and to fire when they pleased.
1871 Baroness Bunsen in A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen (1879) II. vii. 416 In no case could France have obtained more favorable conditions.
b. on, upon (†under, up, in, by, of, with) the (this, that, such, †a) condition that; now, usually, on condition that.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > on condition that [conjunction]
anda1225
on condition thatc1369
purveyed1398
for why thata1400
providing1423
provided1430
proviso1434
savingc1450
provided1463
moyenant that?1473
on, upon (under, up, in, by, of, with) the (this, that, such, a) condition1535
providing1552
so as1585
condition1599
c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 750 I telle hyt the up a condicioun That thou shalt hoolly, etc.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xix. 474 In condicioun..þat þow konne defende, And rule þi rewme in resoun.
c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules 407 But natheles, in this condicioun..That she a-gre to his eleccioun.
c1450 (c1400) Sowdon of Babylon (1881) l. 607 Vppon a condicion I graunte the My doghter.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xiv. 203 We be come to serue yow, with this condicion, that ye desire not to knowe oure names.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xlv. 149 He wolde pardon hym on the condycyon that he shulde neuer after trespas hym.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. xi. 2 I wil make a couenaunt with you, of [1611 on] this condicion, that I maye thrust out all youre right eyes.
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 77 Certayn landys were gyven..under such condycyon that, etc.
1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes f. 102/2 To forbeare all the pleasures..with condicion that they might be free from the annoyaunce.
c1592 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta iv. v Of that condition I will drink it up.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. v. 109 Vpon condition I may quietly Enioy mine owne..My daughter shall be Henries. View more context for this quotation
a1618 W. Raleigh Prerog. Parl. in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) IV. 309 [He] had the fifteenth penny of all goods given him, upon condition to confirm the great charter.
1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 123 Upon express condition, that he should say nothing.
1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. i. vii. 239 Philip dismissed all those of the common file, on the condition that they should not bear arms for six months against the Spaniards.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > on condition that [conjunction]
anda1225
on condition thatc1369
purveyed1398
for why thata1400
providing1423
provided1430
proviso1434
savingc1450
provided1463
moyenant that?1473
on, upon (under, up, in, by, of, with) the (this, that, such, a) condition1535
providing1552
so as1585
condition1599
1599 T. Heywood 1st Pt. King Edward IV sig. F4v I would I had not, condicion shee had all.
1602 W. S. True Chron. Hist. Ld. Cromwell sig. F4 It is too true sir, would it were otherwise, Condition I spent halfe the wealth I have.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. ii. 71 Condition I had gone bare-foot to India. View more context for this quotation
2. Law.
a. In a legal instrument, e.g. a will, or contract, a provision on which its legal force or effect is made to depend. condition inherent, one attaching to the tenure of property, and descending therewith to the inheritor; condition precedent, one that must be fulfilled before the title, advantage, etc., affected by it can take effect; condition subsequent, one that remains to be performed after the title, etc., has come into operation, and the non-fulfilment of which may invalidate or extinguish the title or right. conditions of sale, the provisions under which sale by auction takes place.
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1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. xii. f. 53v Hee shall..observe such conditions as were annexed to the first donation.
1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 72 Condition is a restraint or bridle annexed and joyned to a thing, so that by the not performance or not doing thereof, the partie to the condition shall receive prejudice and losse, and by the performance and doing of the same, commoditie and advantage.
1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) VI. 448 Even in a deed there were no precise technical words required to make a condition precedent or subsequent.
1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 251 Conditions, whether precedent or subsequent..consequences flowing from the distinction, considered.
b. estate upon or in condition: one held subject to certain legal conditions.
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1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xxviii It is called estate vpon condycyon, for this that the estate of the feoffee is defensable yf the condycyon bee not perfourmed.
1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 201 a Littleton hauing before spoken of Estates absolute, now beginneth to intreate of estates vpon Conditon.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun]
accordc1275
assentc1400
agreement1427
appointment?1440
agreec1475
condition1483
covin1489
agreeance1525
concluding1530
compaction1534
indenture1540
conjurea1547
obsignation?1555
conclusion1569
engage1589
astipulation1595
adstipulation1598
agreation1598
tractation1600
closing1606
dispatch1612
combinationa1616
engagement1617
closure1647
covenantinga1649
adjustment1674
society > law > legal document > [noun] > paragraph or clause > condition
condition1483
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 336/4 Thenne the condycion made all thynges were made redy.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xxviii. C Tush..as for hell, we haue made a condicion with it..it shal not come vpon vs.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 504 They within were glad to render the towne vpon condition.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. iii. 147 If you repay me not on such a day in such a place, such summe or summes as are exprest in the condition . View more context for this quotation
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1682) iv. 133 He entred into a reasonable condition with me.
a1718 W. Penn Tracts in Wks. (1726) I. 674 There is no Government in the World, but it must either stand upon Will and Power, or Condition and Contract.
4.
a. Something that must exist or be present if something else is to be or take place; that on which anything else is contingent; a prerequisite.
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the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > [noun] > that which is necessary > prerequisite
condition1340
prerequisitea1631
necessary condition1651
prerequisition1651
postulate1707
precondition1825
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 193 Vour condicions..ssolle by ine elmesse, þe uerste is þet me hise yeue gledliche and mid guod herte.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 15 Þre condicouns mak martirdom faire, þat is to sai, riȝtwisnes of þe cause, charitable pacience of þe martir, an vnriȝtwisnes of þe persewar.
1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. i. 17 You deny not that God knoweth from eternity whether the condition of each Event will it self be or not.
1770 in Minutes of Conversat. 51 Salvation..Not by the merit of Works, but by works as a Condition.
1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation iv. 113 The condition of a successful school is the concentration of authority and responsibility on one head.
1875 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (ed. 2) ii. i. 46 Drudgery must be done. This is the condition of all work whatever, and it is the condition of all success.
b. (As contrasted with cause.) Each of the concurring antecedent circumstances viewed as contributory causes of a phenomenon.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > subsidiary or contributory cause
by-grounda1603
occasion1605
by-cause1631
generant1635
concurrency1636
under-cause1645
causa causata1659
concurrent1667
occasional cause1728
condition1817
factor1851
1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria I. vii. 123 The air I breathe, is the condition of my life, not its cause.
1846 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic (ed. 2) iii. v. §3 It is very common to single out one only of the antecedents under the denomination of Cause, calling the others merely Conditions.
1846 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic (ed. 2) iii. v. §3 The statement of the cause is incomplete, unless in some shape or other we introduce all the conditions.
1889 T. Fowler Induct. Logic 14 In assigning the cause of a phenomenon, it is seldom that the negative conditions are mentioned.
1889 T. Fowler Induct. Logic 15 What, when employing popular language, we dignify with the name of Cause is that condition which happens to be most prominent in our minds at the time.
c. plural. The whole affecting circumstances under which a being exists.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [noun] > environment, setting, or background
setting1841
scenics1842
background1854
milieu1854
environment1855
conditions1856
surroundings1861
medium1865
ambient1902
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits ii. 37 But, under the best conditions, a voyage is one of the severest tests to try a man.
1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. I. xii. 371 Geologists now aim to imitate..the conditions of nature.
1881 G. J. Romanes in Fortn. Rev. Dec. 740 Environment..or the sum total of the external conditions of life.
d. A single affecting element or influence.
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1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xx. 261 His arresting voice had brought a new condition into her life.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [noun] > instance of
conditionc1380
protestationc1390
butc1405
restrictiona1450
limitationc1475
if1532
conditionary1678
reservation1719
whereas1795
yes but1870
string1888
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > a) restriction(s)
bandc1175
conditionc1380
restrictiona1450
within one's tether?1523
confine1548
confinement1649
ball and chain1855
control1920
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > a) restriction(s)
conditionc1380
restrictiona1450
confinement1649
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 80 Sum þing men seien, witinge þat it is soþ, affermynge þe sentence wiþouten ony condicioun.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 56 She ansuered..yef we ete of this fruite peraventure we shulle deye, and thus she putte condicion in her ansuere.
1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. iii. 44 We are sorry for his sins under a condition, that is, in case they were true... But we are absolutely without condition glad of our own liberty.
1841 J. R. Young Math Diss. ii. 36 To impose upon those values, be they innumerable or not, a new condition or restriction.
6. Logic and Grammar. A clause expressing a condition in sense 4; in Logic called also the antecedent, in Grammar the protasis, of a conditional proposition or sentence.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > conditional or hypothetical proposition > antecedent or consequent of
antecedent1574
consequent1628
condition1864
the conditioned1864
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [noun] > clause > conditional clause
condition1864
rejected condition1891
hypothetical clause1892
if-clause1893
then-clause1927
hypothetical1957
1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic v. 128 All Hypothetical Judgments obviously consist of two parts, the first of which is called the Condition or Antecedent, and the second, the Consequent; and the assertion or Judgment is, that if the Condition exists, the Consequent follows.
1874 H. J. Roby Gram. Latin Lang. II. 240 A condition qualifying an infinitive.
7. Mathematics, etc. The provisions or obligations which an expression or solution is required to fulfil. equation of conditions: see quot.
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1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. (at cited word) Equation of Conditions: certain equations in the Integral Calculus, of this form A/ y = B/ x, useful in ascertaining whether a proposed fluxion will admit of finite integration or a finite fluent.
1885 C. Leudesdorf tr. L. Cremona Elements Projective Geom. 183 There are four conics which satisfy the given conditions.
8. In U.S. Colleges, a technical term of the class system (see class n. 10). Candidates for admission to any class, are examined on a fixed schedule of ‘studies’ or subjects, but may be admitted without passing in some of the subjects, on the condition that the requisite standard in these is attained within a given time. These studies or subjects in arrear are then called conditions.
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1832 in Atlantic Monthly (1887) Oct. 434/1 She straightway got a tutor, and prodded Ralph night and day to make up the conditions.
1833 in Atlantic Monthly (1887) Oct. 443/2 Ralph is..actually gone back to Cambridge to make up his conditions.
1856 B. H. Hall Coll. College Words (rev. ed.) 123 The branches in which he [sc. an entering student] is deficient are called conditions.
a1862 in Harvard Mem. Biog. (1867) II. 240 I was conditioned in Greek Grammar and prose reading, but soon rubbed the conditions off.
1890 Catalog. Lafayette College 20 Conditions.——Students entering with conditions are required to make them up before the end of the term following that of their admission.
a1891 Mod. Phelps was admitted with conditions; he has now made up or worked off his conditions. The Faculty assign him Conic Sections as a condition.
1903 K. D. Wiggin Rebecca Sunnybrook Farm xxi. 226 She passed in only two subjects, but went cheerfully into the preparatory department with her five ‘conditions’.
1907 Scribner's Mag. 61 506/1 At the end of sophomore year it became imperative for him to work off his accumulated conditions in the science he loathed.
1937 V. D. Scudder On Journey i. iii. 66 I never incurred a condition in college, and I reverted to my old bad pleasant habit of flitting about at my own sweet will among books and ideas.
II. Mode of being, state, position, nature.† 11. † b. plural. Personal qualities; manners, morals, ways; behaviour, temper. Obsolete.† 12. Nature, character, quality. Obsolete.† 13. A characteristic, property, attribute, quality (of men or things). Obsolete.
9. † b. elliptical. State of matters, circumstance. in any condition: in any case, in any circumstances.
a. A particular mode of being of a person or thing; state of being. (Formerly sometimes in plural: cf. circumstances (see circumstance n.))
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > [noun]
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estatec1230
farea1325
casec1325
beingc1330
degreec1330
condition1340
suita1375
stature?a1513
existence1530
affection?1543
existency1587
subsistence1597
consistence1626
subsistency1628
tone1641
consistency1690
attitude1744
situation1765
working order1784
faring1811
status1837
figure1858
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 769 Alstyte als a man waxes alde Þan chaunges his complexcion And his maners and his condicion.
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 805 Þus may men se..What þe condicions er of an ald man.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 274 Schortly to say, is nane can tell Ye halle condicioun off a threll.
1529 T. Wolsey in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. 10 The miserable condycion, that I am presently yn.
1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence viii. 261 The heyres vnto some good estats or conditions of lyuing.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. ii. 14.
a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 208 The Bell is tolled to give notice of his dying condition.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 181 That he may know how frail His fall'n condition is. View more context for this quotation
1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. x. 93 Having both Soul and Body sound and in good condition.
1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. xviii. 26 note We speak of the condition of a trustee as we speak of the condition of a husband or a father.
1833 H. Martineau Brooke & Brooke Farm (ed. 3) ii. 19 Enquiring into the condition of his clothes.
1856 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. (ed. 3) I. iii. 75 No one..can doubt the vast influence which the condition of the body has on the temper.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 104 The three conditions of a solid, a liquid, and a gas..are physical states dependent mainly on Temperature.
1887 J. H. Gilbert Lect. Growth Root Crops 17 What is termed the condition of land, that is the readily available fertility due to recent accumulations.
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c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋245 He moste confessen hym of alle the condiciouns that bilongen to his synne.
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 69 For she founde her avision Right after the condition, Which he her hadde told to-fore.
1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes (1619) 632/1 That..hee doe in any condition return with him.
c. in condition (to do a thing); in a state, sufficiently equipped, prepared. Also out of condition.
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1693 Mem. Cnt. Teckeley iv. 63 The Christian Army..was in a condition not to be taken of a sudden.
1719 Mem. Lewis XIV x. 241 And put them out of Condition to keep the Field.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. viii. ii. 301 The unhappy prodigal is in no condition to resist farther.
d. to change (alter) one's condition: to get married. archaic or dialect.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (intransitive)]
weda1225
marrya1325
spousec1390
to make matrimonyc1400
intermarry1528
contract1530
to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1535
to make a match1547
yoke1567
match1569
mate1589
to go to church (with a person)1600
to put one's neck in a noosec1600
paira1616
to join giblets1647
buckle1693
espouse1693
to change (alter) one's condition1712
to tie the knot1718
to marry out1727
to wedlock it1737
solemnize1748
forgather1768
unite1769
connubiate1814
conjugalize1823
connubialize1870
splice1874
to get hitched up1890
to hook up1903
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 522. ⁋1 The chief motives to a prudent young woman of fortune for changing her condition.
1768 in Wesley's Jrnl. 25 May (1827) III. 321 You have also thoughts of altering your condition; but if you marry him..it will draw you from God.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 11 She expected him to say ‘Jenny, I am gaun to change my condition’.
e. A state of health, esp. one which is poor or abnormal; a malady or sickness. in a certain, delicate, interesting, or particular condition (see the adjectives): pregnant.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun]
unhealc700
untrumnessc897
adleeOE
sicknessc967
cothec1000
unhealthc1000
woe?a1200
ail?c1225
lying?c1225
maladyc1275
unsoundc1275
feebless1297
languora1375
languishc1384
disease1393
aegritudea1400
lamea1400
maleasea1400
soughta1400
wilc1400
malefaction?a1425
firmityc1426
unwholesomenessc1449
ill1450
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distemperancea1535
the valley of the shadow of death1535
affect?1537
affection?1541
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inability1547
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languishment1576
cause1578
unhealthfulness1589
crazedness1593
languorment1593
evilness1599
strickenness1599
craziness1602
distemper1604
unsoundness1605
invaletude1623
unhealthiness1634
achaque1647
unwellness1653
disailment1657
insalubrity1668
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queerness1687
invalidity1690
illness1692
ill health1698
ailment1708
illing1719
invalescence1724
peakingness1727
sickishness1727
valetudinariness1742
ailingness1776
brash1786
invalidism1794
poorliness1814
diseasement1826
invalidship1830
valetudinarianism1839
ailing1862
invalidhood1863
megrims1870
pourriture1890
immersement1903
bug1918
condition1920
1920 E. O'Neill Beyond Horizon iii. i. 146 My diagnosis of your brother's condition forces me to the same conclusion.
1930 D. L. Sayers Strong Poison ii. 25 His condition grew steadily worse.
1946 Mod. Lang. Notes Nov. 442 Heart condition.
1950 T. S. Eliot Cocktail Party ii. 123 The condition is curable.
1964 L. Woolf Beginning Again i. 77 She was in the depths of melancholia and despair; she..insisted that her condition was due to her own guilt.
1973 O. Sacks Awakenings xix. 173 I have had this condition for more than thirty years and I have learnt to live with it.
1981 M. Leitch Silver's City ix. 79 The condition [sc. inertia] was common enough to make the rest fear it as something infectious.
10. † b. Formerly in plural = Circumstances. Obsolete.
a. State in regard to wealth, circumstances; hence, position with reference to the grades of society; social position, estate, rank.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [noun]
thingeOE
to-tagc12..
estrec1300
casec1325
aboutstanding1340
circumstancec1380
termsa1382
conditionc1384
befalla1492
weather1603
attendant1607
belonginga1616
circumstantial1647
incident1649
incidence1670
incidental1707
attitude1744
circs1883
society > society and the community > social class > [noun] > distinction of class > level or grade
mannishOE
placec1330
state1340
gree1382
conditionc1384
sectc1384
sortc1386
ordera1400
raff?a1400
degreea1425
countenancec1477
faction?1529
estate1530
race1563
calibre1567
being1579
coat1579
rang1580
rank1585
tier1590
classis1597
strain1600
consequence1602
regiment1602
sept1610
standinga1616
class1629
species1629
nome1633
quality1636
sort1671
size1679
situation1710
distinction1721
walk of life1733
walk1737
stage1801
strata1805
grade1808
caste1816
social stratum1838
station1842
stratum1863
echelon1950
c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame iii. 440 A ryghte grete companye..Of alle..condiciouns..Poore and riche.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vi. xi. 195 A seruyng woman..of bonde condycion.
c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 38 It acordant to resoun To telle yow al the condicioun Of eech of hem.
1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Aii v Suche as were of lesse condycyon maye encrease in hyer degre of noblenes.
1605 Bp. J. Hall Medit. & Vowes II. §42 I will cast downe my eyes to my inferiours; and there see better men in worse condition.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. i. 59 I am, in my condition A Prince. View more context for this quotation
1662 Bk. Com. Prayer (1844) 56 All sorts and conditions of men.
1734 A. Pope Ess. Man: Epist. IV 183 Honour and Shame from no Condition rise; Act well your part, there all the Honour lies.
1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. ii. i. 372 Something of the same sort showed itself in the middle classes; and even in those of humbler condition.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [noun] > circumstances of a person or in life
farcostc1275
chesounc1380
condition1607
circumstancea1704
situation1728
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 261 The condicions of their families.
1646 F. Hawkins tr. Youths Behaviour (ed. 4) 16 Artificers, and other persons of low conditions.
1692 tr. Sallust Wks. 266 It will not be amiss, briefly to say something of his Conditions and Education.
c. person of condition n. archaic a person of position, rank, or ‘quality’.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [noun] > person of
proudOE
higha1200
estate1399
honourablea1450
statec1449
dignitya1525
high and mighty1576
palasinc1580
titular1605
sublimity1610
dignitary1672
person of condition1673
figure1692
title1817
titulary1824
Hon.1836
high-up1882
high-ranker1899
1673 tr. A. de Courtin Rules Civility (ed. 2) viii. 84 If we meet any person of condition in the street..we must always give him the Wall.
1723 R. Steele Conscious Lovers i. i Dress'd like a Woman of Condition.
1780 E. Burke Speech Econ. Reform in Wks. (1842) I. 248 Men of condition naturally love to be about a court; and women of condition love it much more.
1823 W. Scott Peveril I. viii. 218 Such satisfaction as is due from one gentleman of condition to another.
1859 P. Beaton Creoles & Coolies iii. 108 There were about..one hundred women of condition in the colony.
a. Mental disposition, cast of mind; character, moral nature; disposition, temper. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [noun]
heartOE
erda1000
moodOE
i-mindOE
i-cundeOE
costc1175
lundc1175
evena1200
kinda1225
custc1275
couragec1300
the manner ofc1300
qualityc1300
talentc1330
attemperancec1374
complexionc1386
dispositiona1387
propertyc1390
naturea1393
assay1393
inclinationa1398
gentlenessa1400
proprietya1400
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makingc1400
conditionc1405
habitc1405
conceitc1425
affecta1460
ingeny1477
engine1488
stomach?1510
mind?a1513
ingine1533
affection1534
vein1536
humour?1563
natural1564
facultyc1565
concept1566
frame1567
temperature1583
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bent1587
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composition1597
character1600
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qualification1602
infusion1604
spirits1604
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selfness1611
disposure1613
composurea1616
racea1616
tempera1616
crasisc1616
directiona1639
grain1641
turn1647
complexure1648
genie1653
make1674
personality1710
tonea1751
bearing1795
liver1800
make-up1821
temperament1821
naturalness1850
selfhood1854
Wesen1854
naturel1856
sit1857
fibre1864
character structure1873
mentality1895
mindset1909
psyche1910
where it's (he's, she's) at1967
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 573 He was so gentil of condicioun That thurgh out al the Court was his renoun.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur x. x How be hit I loue not his condycyon, and fayne I wold be from hym.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. X.viij Women be of a ryght tendre condicion.
1611 Bible (King James) 2 Macc. xv. 12 A vertuous, and a good man, reuerend in conuersation, gentle in condition, well spoken also. View more context for this quotation
1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite i, in Fables 22 So gentle of Condition was he known.]
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun]
tightc888
workOE
laitsc1225
rule?c1225
guise1303
conditionsc1374
actiona1393
governancea1393
governailc1425
port?a1439
fashion1447
dressa1450
governinga1450
walkingc1450
abearing?1454
deport1474
behaving1482
dealing1484
guidinga1500
demeanoura1513
behaviour?1521
walk?1567
daps1582
courses1592
deportment1601
behave?1615
deportation1616
containment1619
conduct1673
haviour1752
daddyism1984
the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [noun] > qualities, stuff
conditionsc1374
allaya1456
mettle?1520
stuff1557
alloy1594
wood1594
intrinsical1655
cast1711
calibre1808
timber1906
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 117 For truly I hold it grete deynte, A kyngis sone yn armes wel to do, And ben of good condicions þer to.
1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 1 Kings xiv. 24 Men of wymmens condiciouns weren in the lond.
1483 Vulgaria abs Terencio (T. Rood & T. Hunte) sig. pij I vndirstonde that thow haste amendid thy condicyonns.
a1529 J. Skelton Poems against Garnesche in Poet Wks. (1843) I. 120 Ye haue knauyshe condycyonns.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 208/1 Condycions, maners, meurs.
1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. P6v The verie true and extreme conditions and behauiours that rightly do produce and make a gentleman.
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iv. iii. §20. 243 Her peruerse conditions made her husband seeke other wiues and Concubines.
1636 D. Featley Clavis Mystica xx. 258 To breake their scholars of ill conditions.
1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 84 He said that Mercy was a pretty lass, but troubled with ill Conditions . View more context for this quotation
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 71. ⁋14 By the words ill conditions, James means, in a woman coquetry, in a man inconstancy.
1830 W. Scott Jrnl. 24 Dec. (1946) 129 This morning..Miss Bell Fergusson died..a woman of the most excellen[t] conditions.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > character or nature > [noun]
birtha1250
the manner ofc1300
formc1310
propertyc1390
naturea1393
condition1393
qualitya1398
temperc1400
taragec1407
naturality?a1425
profession?a1439
affecta1460
temperament1471
essence?1533
affection1534
spirit?1534
temperature1539
natural spirit1541
character1577
complexion1589
tincture1590
idiom1596
qualification1602
texture1611
connativea1618
thread1632
genius1639
complexure1648
quale1654
indoles1672
suchness1674
staminaa1676
trim1707
tenor1725
colouring1735
tint1760
type1843
aura1859
thusness1883
physis1923
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 90 Which [gamut] techeth the prolacion Of note and the condition.
c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §14. 25 In soth, thow shalt fynde but 2 degrees in al the zodiak of that condicioun.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xviii. 81 For men of Inde er of þat condicioun [Fr. de tiele nature] þat þai passe noȝt comounly oute of þaire awen land.
1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. jv Thynges whyche of theyr owne condicion ben more to be mesprised than they that ben shewde by the lyf of another.
1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. N7v A man shaped as you see, and as bold in condition as he appeareth in shew.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a property, quality, or attribute
i-cundeOE
kindOE
thingOE
quality1340
virtue1340
assizea1375
propertyc1390
principlea1398
conditionc1460
faculty1490
predicatea1513
epitheton1547
passion1570
propriety1584
affection1588
attribute1603
qualification1616
appropriate1618
intimacy1641
bedighting1674
belonger1674
cleaver1674
interiority1701
internal property1751
predicable1785
coloration1799
internality1839
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a characteristic
privilegec1225
distinctionc1374
propertyc1390
tachea1400
pointa1425
specialty?a1425
difference?c1425
conditionc1460
markc1522
touch1528
specialty1532
differentia1551
character?1569
formality1570
particularity1585
peculiar1589
accent1591
appropriation1600
characterism1603
peculiarity1606
resemblance1622
propera1626
speciality1625
specificationa1631
appropriament1633
characteristic1646
discrimination1646
diagnostic1651
characteristical1660
stroke1666
talent1670
physiognomya1680
oddity1713
distinctive1816
spécialité1836
trait1864
flavour1866
middle name1905
discriminant1920
discriminator1943
c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 85 Hard chese hathe þis condicioun in his operacioun.
1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 21 He hadde som condicions of a dogge.
1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Aiii These & many other suche noble condycyons lefte vnto her by her auncetres she kepte.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 208/1 Condicyon a propertie, proprieté.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Loup The wolfe went to Rome, and left some of his coat, but none of his conditions, behind him.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 271 Heere is the Cate-log of her Conditions . View more context for this quotation
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 177 Excellency of judgement..more..than any other condition whatsoever.
1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 77 The Conditions, or Qualities we ought to observe in the Bark are, etc.
14. technical (from 9)
a. = Proper or good condition for work, market, etc. Also attributive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > [noun]
ferec1175
statea1325
casec1325
likingc1330
plighta1393
dispositionc1400
health1509
disease1526
affection?1541
affect1605
valetude1623
tift1717
situation1749
condition1798
fix1816
shape1865
fig1883
the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health > fitness
condition1798
thing1832
fighting-fitness1894
shape1896
fitnessa1935
shape-up1963
1798 T. Holcroft Diary 24 Nov. in Memoirs (1816) III. 75 The method practised by pugilists, to bring themselves into condition, as they term it, is air and exercise, regular hours, etc.
1831 W. Youatt Horse xx. 353 If the nourishing property of the hay has been impaired..the horse will..lose condition.
1850 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1849: Agric. 323 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 20, Pt. 2) VI If it was conditioned properly, it will not change a particle while in the condition bulk.
1852 F. E. Smedley Lewis Arundel xxiii. 172 If he..gets out of condition..it always brings him right again.
1860 All Year Round 28 July 384 Philip tugged like a Trojan, but his want of condition told terribly.
1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. (ed. 3) xxii. 293 Great merits for bringing stock into condition.
1879 Boy's Own Paper 18 Jan. 7/1 I was in ‘splendid condition’, as they say of horses.
1890 Daily News 28 Jan. 6/3 At Mark-lane to-day English wheat out of condition was unsaleable.
1925 E. F. Norton in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 ix. 197 I was not in a fit condition to provide a test case, as I had lost too much condition throughout the month of May.
1968 K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 35 Normally a doe will breed when a joey is getting out of the pouch enough to allow her to pick up condition.
b. Hop-growing. The fine yellow powder which contains the bitter aromatic principle that gives hops their value for brewing; the lupulin.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun] > hops > bitter aromatic principle contained in hops
condition1830
lupulin1839
lupulite1839
1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. I. vi. 163 Dealers..value the hops in proportion to the quantity of this powder, which they call condition.
1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 302 No hop should be gathered till the seed is matured; not for the sake of the seed itself, but the nectarium, or farina, technically known as ‘the condition’, will be in larger particles, and its essential aromatic and bitter qualities more perfectly developed when ripe.
Compounds
condition powder n. a medicinal powder given to animals to keep them in good condition.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > veterinary medicine and surgery > [noun] > medicines or applications > conditioner
condition powder1884
conditioner1888
1884 T. Hughes Gone to Texas 189 You ought to have a few packages of ‘condition powders’ for stock and chickens.
1907 Army & Navy Co-operative Soc.: Rules & Price List 58 Horse condition powders.
1948 in B. Vesey-Fitzgerald Bk. Dog i. 123 The ‘condition powder’ is another weird hang-over from the horse age.
1961 C. H. D. Todd Pop. Whippet x. 144 The many well-known brands of condition powders are useful as a general and mild conditioner.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
conditionv.
/kənˈdɪʃn/, U.S. /kənˈdɪʃən/ 1.
a. intransitive. To treat about conditions; to make conditions, make terms; to stipulate, bargain with. Also with indirect passive. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > make conditions, stipulate [verb (intransitive)]
providea1450
conditiona1513
capitulate1537
to stand upon (or on) terms1565
conditionate1642
postulate1754
stipulate1790
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. ccxiiiv For ye great stomake of the Father yt he wolde not be condycioned with of ye sone this varyaunce contynued atwene them.
?1550 J. Bale Apol. agaynste Papyst 59 (R.) Here he tymeth and condycyoneth with God whiche approueth nothyng.
1596 E. Spenser View State Ireland 75 Dishonourable..to condition or make any tearmes with such Rascalls.
1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 59 Will any of you bring in a tenant into your house before you condition with him?
1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials II. xv. 122 They were conditioned with to teach the religion..that should be established.
1816 J. Austen Emma III. iii. 41 She trembling and conditioning, they loud and insolent. View more context for this quotation
b. Const. for (†of) a thing.
ΚΠ
1553 W. Cholmeley in Camd. Misc. (1853) II. 4 I conditioned with my sayde workeman for the terme of x yeres.
a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 51 Conditioning with him of some painfull penance and satisfaction.
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre i. ii. 3 If they exceeded the time they conditioned for.
1791 T. Paine Rights of Man i. 133 When the people of England sent for George the First,..they ought at least to have conditioned for the abandonment of Hanover.
1872 Spectator 7 Sept. 1127 The labourers..might condition for any proportion of the product of their labour..which would still leave the capitalist, etc.
2. transitive. To stipulate or bargain for; to make the condition, make it a condition.† b. with simple object. Obsolete.
a. with infinitive or subordinate clause.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > modify, qualify [verb (transitive)] > stipulate for
reserve1399
provide1423
patise1542
condition1549
covenant1577
stipule1623
stipulate1685
1549 H. Latimer 1st Serm. before Kynges Grace sig. Biiii God condicioned wyth the Iewes, that theyr king should be suche a one as he him self wold chose them.
1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. aiijv I vse here to condition, the thing measured, to be on Land.
1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Genesis 362 He conditioneth to haue of us the consent of faith and obedience.
1618 P. Holderus tr. J. van Oldenbarneveld Barneuel's Apol. sig. Eiv It is conditioned betwixt us, that I should not name him.
a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 9 Except the wife and husband condition and conclude formally in writing..that the longest liver take all.
1793 N. Chipman Rep. & Diss. i. 14 This was an action on a bond assigned by the sherriff of Windsor county to the plaintiff, conditioned, that Joel Ely..should not depart the liberties of said prison.
1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. iv. 79 He only conditioned that the marriage should not take place before his return. View more context for this quotation
ΚΠ
c1571 E. Campion Two Bks. Hist. Ireland (1963) i. xi. 40 Conditioning withall ther assistance to chase the Romaines out of Brytaine.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. iii. i. 199 Who being not rich by patrimony, take these iourneys onely for experience, and to be inabled to that expence, doe condition this reasonable gaine.
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxxvi. 248 He recommended himself to my favour at parting..not offering to condition any thing with me.
c. To agree by stipulation to do something.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement with [verb (transitive)] > agree to do
formc1540
condition1613
1613 R. Hill Pathway to Prayer (new ed.) sig. M3v We condition with him to obey him.
1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia (1629) 185 Captaine Powell not having performed his service in the West Indies he conditioned with the Company.
1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 366 The full Sum in Gold, which I had condition'd to pay.
1889 Temple Bar Nov. 342 He conditioned in his marriage settlement to give her half his goods.
3. To subject to something as a condition; to make dependent on a condition to be fulfilled; to make conditional on, upon.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > modify, qualify [verb (transitive)] > with conditions
circumstancec1475
circumstantiate1638
condition1644
conditionate1848
1530 [implied in: J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 149 Some [conjunctions] betoken condisionyng if a dede be done, as si if. (at conditioning n. 1)].
1644 J. Goodwin Θεομαχια 25 This liberty of choosing Pastors..is so conditioned, that it smiles only upon the rich.
1786 E. Burke Speech 12 Apr. in Jrnls. House of Commons (1803) XLI. 591/1 He has gone so far as even to condition the Existence of the Revenue itself, with the Exclusion of the Company, his Masters, from all Interference whatsoever.
1884 F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads I. ii. xxix. 260/2 A sea-fairy sends a maid to Arthur with a magnificent gift, which is, however, conditioned upon his granting a boon.
1889 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 13 Feb. 2/1 Any action which the Canadian representatives might take would have to be conditioned on the British Government's approval.
4.
a. To govern, qualify, limit, restrict, as a condition.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > modify, qualify [verb (transitive)]
qualify1533
temperatea1540
take1542
season1604
disbend1607
condition1629
tinge1673
temper1711
shade1817
colour1882
1629 J. Gaule Practique Theories Christs Predict. 106 Man hath his free motions..neither is he conditioned..from the Ground he treads vpon.
a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) iii. iv. §2 The intent and end conditions every action.
1841 R. W. Emerson Prudence in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 227 The laws of the world, whereby man's being is conditioned.
1852 M. Arnold Empedocles on Etna, & Other Poems i. ii Limits we did not set Condition all we do.
1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 167 He knew how this law limited and conditioned progress.
1882 A. Gray in Nature 30 Nov. 107/1 The size of the wire..must be conditioned..by the purposes to which the instrument is to be applied.
b. To be the (precedent) condition of, to determine as a condition the existence of. passive. To depend upon as its condition, to be conditional on.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > determine
govern?1473
determine1651
constitute1848
condition1868
the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > be caused by or result from [verb (transitive)] > depend on
to stand in ——OE
to lie inc1374
to stand upon ——a1393
to turn on ——a1413
to stand by ——a1450
lie1590
set1597
suspend1638
to turn upon ——1652
condition1868
ride1950
1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. (ed. 3) v. 49 Economically considered, the existence of mankind is conditioned by some sort of saving.
1877 E. Caird Crit. Acct. Philos. Kant ii. xvii. 609 The idea of the existence of two separate worlds which condition each other.
5.
a. metaphorical. To subject to the qualifying conditions of finite existence or cognition. Also transferred.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > modify, qualify [verb (transitive)] > act as condition, limit
determinea1513
strait1633
conditionate1646
condition1829
circumscribe1846
1829 W. Hamilton in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 213 To think is..to condition, and conditional limitation is the fundamental law of the possibility of thought.
1864 C. Kingsley Roman & Teuton iii. 76 The natural human tendency to condition God by Time.
b. To constitute or frame with conditions of being.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > fashion, shape, or form
i-schapeOE
shapeOE
markc1330
forge1382
kneadc1400
frame?1518
fashion?1553
labour1578
appropriate1594
to shape out1600
elaborate1611
produce1611
moulda1616
fabric1623
coin1627
timber1646
laborate1662
condition1853
1853 D. Masson in N. Brit. Rev. Aug. 309 Who conditions the universe anew according to his whim and pleasure.
1857–8 E. H. Sears Athanasia ix. 72 The years for which the timepiece is conditioned and wound up.
6. To charge (a bond) with clauses or conditions. [Compare French conditionner un acte.]
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement with [verb (transitive)] > stipulate
stipulate1645
condition1675
write1869
1675 London Gaz. No. 1059/2 Enter into Recognizances..to be Conditioned in the Form hereunder expressed.
1675 London Gaz. No. 1059/2 They and every of them respectively entring into a Recognizance of the Penalty of Five hundred pounds to His Majesty..Conditioned in the Form hereunder written.
1794 Christian in Blackstone's Comm. (1809) II. 340 If the bond be simply conditioned for the payment of money.
1845 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. II. 198 Every person to whom administration is granted must give bond to the judge of the Court of Probate..conditioned for duly collecting and administering the estate.
7. Commerce. To test the condition or state and quality of goods, esp. of a textile material; spec. to assay the amount of moisture contained in a sample of silk. [French conditionner une soie.]
ΚΠ
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Conditioning silk, a trade term for the assaying of silk, in order to test the proportions of moisture it contains.
1887 Yorks. Post 8 Jan. 8 A manufacturer or wool merchant, for instance, wishing to have his goods conditioned, sends them to the conditioning house..the officials..will estimate the moisture in goods, dry a sample, and declare the weight before and after that process, as well as number the counts, measure the tissues and the effect of scouring, and say what quantity of chemicals, or other admixtures fabrics contain.
8. U.S. Colleges. To subject to, or admit under, conditions (see condition n. 8); to admit (a student) to a class with the condition that he shall by a given time pass a satisfactory examination in a subject or subjects, in which, on his entrance examination, he showed insufficient proficiency.
ΚΠ
1832 in Atlantic Monthly (1887) Oct. 434/1 Well, on his examination at Cambridge last fall, he was heavily conditioned.
1849 Let. in B. H. Hall Coll. College Words (1856) 124 [A young man] shall be examined and ‘conditioned’ in everything.
a1862 in Harvard Mem. Biog. (1867) II. 240 I was conditioned in Greek Grammar and prose reading, but soon rubbed the conditions off.
a1891 Mod. He is conditioned in Demosthenes (i.e. permitted to go on with a class, but must make up for present deficiency, by passing a supplementary examination in that subject by a given date).
1923 Univ. Oklahoma Bull. No. 261 58D means that a student is conditioned because of poor quality of work.
1932 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 445/1 I went to Baltimore..conditioned in Greek and mathematics and weak in Latin.
9.
a. To bring to a desired state or condition; to make fit or in good condition. Also spec., to purify air (cf. air conditioning n.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > by bringing into condition
condition1850
precondition1904
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > ventilation and air-conditioning > condition air [verb (transitive)]
condition1924
1850 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1849: Agric. 322 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 20, Pt. 2) VI The next process in this troublesome but beautiful crop is to ‘condition’ it for ‘packing’.
1892 Field 14 May 730/2 Our friends across the water do not appear to know how to condition a dog.
1901 J. Donaldson Roller Mill 152 The most modern and effective system of conditioning wheat is by the use of air heated from 180 to 220 degrees Fahrenheit.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 1 Apr. 8/3 When my hunters were being conditioned in the autumn of 1906.
1924 A. W. Thompson Air Conditioning in Textile Mills 241 It is more common..to condition air by local distribution of moisture and heat.
1938 Times 14 Oct. 11/1 Standardized systems of heating and conditioning the air inside a closed car.
b. To teach or accustom (a person or animal) to adopt certain habits, attitudes, standards, etc.; to establish a conditioned reflex or response in.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > conditioning > establish response [verb (transitive)]
condition1909
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > do habitually [verb (transitive)] > accustom (a person) > by conditioning
condition1909
1909 Psychol. Bull. 6 266 Pawlow's Method... Separate components of a complex sound which conditions a ‘fundamental’ reflex, will produce reflexes (the so-called partial reflexes) at a certain relative intensity.
1920 Jrnl. Exper. Psychol. 3 3 At nine months of age..can we condition fear of an animal, e.g., a white rat, by visually presenting it and simultaneously striking a steel bar?.. Such a conditioned emotional response can be established.
1927 Mod. Philol. Nov. 213 We may study the individual..and observe how successive actions of his group-mates (parents, etc.), act by act, ‘condition’ him to the social habits.
1932 A. Huxley Brave New World ii. 29 The students..rose automatically to the tips of their toes. They were Alphas, of course; but even Alphas have been well conditioned.
1943 J. S. Huxley Evol. Ethics ii. 16 During its first twelve months the child acquires many habits and may be conditioned in various ways, for instance in regard to cleanliness. But unless this conditioning is brought into relation with the dynamic structure of focused impulse which develops in the second year, it will wear out or break down.
1951 R. Firth Elements Social Organization iii. 89 The people have been conditioned to these things since childhood, and feel that they are basic to their corporate existence.
1960 J. Rae Custard Boys i. iii. 37 The cinema, the newspapers and the war books conditioned us to look upon war as glamorous and exciting.
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