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In some senses, con is marked as obsolete, slang, informal, rare, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
con
UK /kɒn/ US /kɒn/
noun 13verb 4name 4adj 1
Definitions
verb
1
To study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart.
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
2
To know; understand; acknowledge.
Of Muses Hobbinol, I conne no skill
noun
1
A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).
pros and cons
noun
1
A convicted criminal, a convict.
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