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Condition   /kəndˈɪʃən/   Listen
noun
Condition  n.  
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. "I am in my condition A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king." "And O, what man's condition can be worse Than his whom plenty starves and blessings curse?" "The new conditions of life."
2.
Essential quality; property; attribute. "It seemed to us a condition and property of divine powers and beings to be hidden and unseen to others."
3.
Temperament; disposition; character. (Obs.) "The condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil."
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. "I had as lief take her dowry with this condition, to be whipped at the high cross every morning." "Many are apt to believe remission of sins, but they believe it without the condition of repentance."
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.
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."
Conditions of sale, the terms on which it is proposed to sell property by auction; also, the instrument containing or expressing these terms.
Synonyms: State; situation; circumstances; station; case; mode; plight; predicament; stipulation; qualification; requisite; article; provision; arrangement. See State.


verb
Condition  v. t.  
1.
To invest with, or limit by, conditions; to burden or qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as the condition of. "Seas, that daily gain upon the shore, Have ebb and flow conditioning their march."
2.
To contract; to stipulate; to agree. "It was conditioned between Saturn and Titan, that Saturn should put to death all his male children."
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.
4.
To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).


Condition  v. i.  (past & past part. conditioned; pres. part. conditioning)  
1.
To make terms; to stipulate. "Pay me back my credit, And I'll condition with ye."
2.
(Metaph.) To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible. "To think of a thing is to condition."





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... ideas; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery—subordination to the white race—is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first in the history of the world based upon this great ...
— The Negro and the Nation - A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement • George S. Merriam
... which makes every body sorry, he being a good actor, and they say a good man, however this happens. The ladies of the Court do much bemoan him. Sir G. Carteret tells me that just now my Lord Hollis had been with him, and wept to think in what a condition we are fallen. Dr. Croone [William Croune of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, chosen Rhetoric Professor at Gresham College 1659, F.R.S. and M.D. Ob. 1684.] told me, that at the meeting at Gresham College to-night (which it seems, ...
— The Diary of Samuel Pepys • Samuel Pepys
... before. Vague suspicions of her, one more monstrous than another, began to rise in Geoffrey's mind. Between the drink and the fever, he had been (as Julius had told him) wandering in his mind during a part of the night. Had he let any thing out in that condition? Had Hester heard it? And was it, by any chance, at the bottom of her long absence and her notice to quit? He determined—without letting her see that he suspected her—to clear up that doubt as soon as his landlady returned to ...
— Man and Wife • Wilkie Collins
... troops were now assembled at that place; for Anstruther, by some misconception of orders, had halted the leading division, instead of, as intended by the general, continuing his march to Salamanca. The condition of the troops was excellent. Discipline, which had been somewhat relaxed during the period of inactivity, was now thoroughly restored. The weather had continued fine, and the steady exercise had well prepared them for the campaign ...
— With Moore At Corunna • G. A. Henty
... the whole route to Santa Fe. If the sick mules happened to be at Little Coon Creek, the round trip would be eighty miles, and it would sometimes take me and my little race pony several days to make the trip, owing of course to the condition of the sick mule and its ability to travel. Camping out on these trips, I used my saddle for a pillow while my spread upon the ground served as my bed. I would tie the lariat to the saddle so the pony would graze and not get too far away from ...
— The Second William Penn - A true account of incidents that happened along the - old Santa Fe Trail • William H. Ryus


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