From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Condition \Con*di"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. conditio (better
condicio) agreement, compact, condition; con- + a root
signifying to show, point out, akin to dicere to say, dicare
to proclaim, dedicate. See Teach, Token.]
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.
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I am in my condition
A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king. --Shak.
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And O, what man's condition can be worse
Than his whom plenty starves and blessings curse?
--Cowley.
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The new conditions of life. --Darwin.
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2. Essential quality; property; attribute.
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It seemed to us a condition and property of divine
powers and beings to be hidden and unseen to others.
--Bacon.
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3. Temperament; disposition; character. [Obs.]
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The condition of a saint and the complexion of a
devil. --Shak.
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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.
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I had as lief take her dowry with this condition, to
be whipped at the high cross every morning. --Shak.
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Many are apt to believe remission of sins, but they
believe it without the condition of repentance.
--Jer. Taylor.
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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. --Blount. Tomlins. Bouvier. Wharton.
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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." --Shak.
Conditions of sale, the terms on which it is proposed to
sell property by auction; also, the instrument containing
or expressing these terms.
Syn: State; situation; circumstances; station; case; mode;
plight; predicament; stipulation; qualification;
requisite; article; provision; arrangement. See State.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Condition \Con*di"tion\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Conditioned; p.
pr. & vb. n. Conditioning.]
1. To make terms; to stipulate.
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Pay me back my credit,
And I'll condition with ye. --Beau. & Fl.
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2. (Metaph.) To impose upon an object those relations or
conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged
to be impossible.
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To think of a thing is to condition. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Condition \Con*di"tion\, v. t. [Cf. LL. conditionare. See
Condition, n.]
1. To invest with, or limit by, conditions; to burden or
qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as the
condition of.
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Seas, that daily gain upon the shore,
Have ebb and flow conditioning their march.
--Tennyson.
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2. To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
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It was conditioned between Saturn and Titan, that
Saturn should put to death all his male children.
--Sir W.
Raleigh.
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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.
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4. To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of
moisture it contains). --McElrath.
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