Con

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. <conjf>Connedconjf> p. pr. & vb. n. <conjf>Conningconjf>. ] [ 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Of muses, Hobbinol, I con no skill. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

They say they con to heaven the highway. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fixedly did look
Upon the muddy waters which he conned
As if he had been reading in a book. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

I did not come into Parliament to con my lesson. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

To con answer, to be able to answer. [ Obs. ] --
To con thanks, to thank; to acknowledge obligation. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Cond. ] (Naut.) To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer. [ 1913 Webster ]

A prefix, fr. L. cum, signifying with, together, etc. See Com-. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A system of letting a portion of a farm for a single crop. [ Ireland ] Also used adjectively; as, the conacre system or principle. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To underlet a portion of, for a single crop; -- said of a farm. [ Ireland ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Guinea. Population (2000) = 1, 508, 000. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. kwna`rion. ] (Anat.) The pineal gland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. conatio. ] (Philos.) The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of conation, in other words, of desire and will. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]