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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] Of muses, Hobbinol I con no skill. --Spenser. They say they con to heaven the highway. --Spenser. 2. To study in order to know to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously. Fixedly did look Upon the muddy waters which he conned As if he had been reading in a book. --Wordsworth. I did not come into Parliament to con my lesson. --Burke. {To con answer}, to be able to answer. [Obs.] {To con thanks}, to thank; to acknowledge obligation. [Obs.] --Shak.
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