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condite

/ˈkɒndaɪt/

condite verb: to pickle; to preserve.

Verb

condite (third-person singular simple present condites, present participle conditing, simple past and past participle condited)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To pickle; to preserve.
    • to condite pears, quinces, etc.
    • condite the bodies1651, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying

Adjective

condite (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Preserved; pickled.
    • Such are puddings stuffed with blood, or otherwise composed; baked meats, soused indurate meats, fried and broiled, buttered meats, condite, powdered and over-dried;1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition I, section...

Noun

condite (countable and uncountable, plural condites)

  1. (obsolete) A preserve

Forms of condite

Verb
third-person singular presentcondites
present participleconditing
past participlecondited
pastcondited
Noun
pluralcondites

Origin of condite

From Latin condītus, past participle of condīre (“to preserve, pickle, season”). Related to condiment. See also recondite.

Questions about condite

What does condite mean?
Condite means to pickle; to preserve.
What part of speech is condite?
Condite can be a verb, an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce condite?
Condite is pronounced /ˈkɒndaɪt/.
What is the past tense of condite?
The past tense of condite is condited.

Words near condite in the dictionary

  1. condiogenesis
  2. condiophore
  3. condisciple
  4. condisciples
  5. Condit
  6. condite
  7. condited
  8. conditing
  9. condition
  10. condition number
  11. condition numbers

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