condition

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A fourth occupant of the pickup, a female, was taken to Morris Hospital, then flown to OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria; neither her name nor her condition were available Sunday night.

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  1. noun A mode or state of being: "The Organization Man survives as a modern classic because it captures a permanent part of our social condition” (Robert J. Samuelson). See Synonyms at state.
  2. noun A state of health.
  3. noun A state of readiness or physical fitness.
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  • To-day, her condition is attributed to the stomach, which is the great caldron and regulator of the body, that Protean source of diseases with a thousand forms and a thousand susceptibilities to attack. —  The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII.
  • While ill, his condition was a constant source of anxiety to all classes of people. —  The Short-story
  • But whenever this condition is attained in a public service, then indeed is that service "divine," and humanity is exalted in its approach to the Throne of Mercy.--THE TRANSLATOR CHAPTER XIII LXXXIII. —  A Guide for the Religious Instruction of Jewish Youth
  • The demand to abandon the illusions about their condition is a demand to abandon a condition which requires illusions. —  Selected Essays
  • When this condition is at length reached we are not so very far from that "prayer without ceasing," which most truly means "the practice of the presence of God The avenue of inspiration is the subconscious part of the mind, that part of us which in fact constitutes the greater self. —  Spirit and Music
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  1. Middle English condicioun, from Old French condicion, from Late Latin conditiō, conditiōn-, alteration of Latin condiciō, from condīcere, to agree : com-, com- + dīcere, to talk; see deik- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English condicion, condicioun, rarely condition, from Old French condicion, French condition (later D. konditie = G. condition = Danish Swedish kondition) = Provencal condicio = Spanish condicion = Portuguese condição = Italian condizione, from Latin condicio(n-), in Late Latin and Middle Latin commonly but improperly spelled conditio(n-) (and hence erroneously identified with Late Latin conditio(n-), a making, from condere, past participle conditus, put together: see condiment, condite), a stipulation, agreement, choice, marriage, also external position, situation, circumstances, nature, condition (in many senses), with short radical vowel, condĭcio(n-) (cf. dĭcio(n-), authority, rule, power, literally a speaking or directing), from condīcere, agree upon, concert, promise, proclaim, announce, publish, engage, in Late Latin also assent to, consent, also demand back, orig. talk over together, from com-, together, + dīcere, speak, say, tell, mention, affirm, declare, etc. (with long radical vowel), of like origin with dĭcare, make known, proclaim, declare, orig. point out, as in indĭcare, indicate, etc.: see diction, indicate.
  2. = French conditionner, Old French condicioner, conditioner, condicionuer = Spanish condicionar = Portuguese condiçoar, condicionar = Italian condizionare, from Middle Latin conditionare, condition, restrict; from the noun. Cf. conditionate.
 

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