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Webster 1913 Edition

Connection

Con-nec′tion

,
Noun.
[Cf.
Connexion
.]
1.
The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; the act or process of bringing two things into contact; junction; union;
as, the
connection
between church and state is inescapable; the
connection
of pipes of different diameters requires an adapter
.

Syn. – link, connectedness.
2.
That which connects or joins together; bond; tie.
He [Algazel] denied the possibility of a known
connection
between cause and effect.
Whewell.
The eternal and inseparable
connection
between virtue and happiness.
Atterbury.
Any sort of
connection
which is perceived or imagined between two or more things.
I. Taylor.
4.
A relation; esp. a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood; – used in a loose and indefinite, and sometimes a comprehensive, sense.
4.
The persons or things that are connected;
as, a business
connection
; the Methodist
connection
.
Men elevated by powerful
connection
.
Motley.
At the head of a strong parliamentary
connection
.
Macaulay.
Whose names, forces,
connections
, and characters were perfectly known to him.
Macaulay.
In this connection
,
in connection with this subject.
[A phrase objected to by some writers.]
Syn. – Union; coherence; continuity; junction; association; dependence; intercourse; commerce; communication; affinity; relationship.

Webster 1828 Edition

Connection

CONNECTION

,
Noun.
[L. See Connect.] The act of joining or state of being joined; a state of being knit or fastened together; union by junction, by an intervening substance or medium, by dependence or relation, or by order in a series; a word of very general import. There is a connection of links in a chain; a connection between all parts of the human body; a connection between virtue and happiness, and between this life and the future; a connection between parent and child, master and servant, husband and wife; between motives and actions, and between actions and their consequences. In short, the word is applicable to almost every thing that has a dependence on or relation to another thing.

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