Definitions
in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English connen, inherited from Old English cunnan (“to know, know how”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan (“recognize, know how”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną (“to know, know how”), inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”) Doublet of can.
Used in a sentence
“For Caſſius is a-weary of the World: / Hated by one he loues, brau'd by his Brother, / Check'd like a bondman, all his faults obſeru'd, / Set in a Note-booke, learn'd, and con'd by roate / To caſt into my Teeth.”
“At length, himself unsettling, he the pond / Stirred with his staff, and fixedly did look / Upon the muddy water, which he conned, / As if he had been reading in a book”
“I did not come into parliament to con my lesson. I had earned my pension before I set my foot in St. Stephen's chapel.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Deceive”3 letters
02“Argument against”3 letters
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