Conditioning

Conditioning
Condition Con*di"tion, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Conditioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conditioning}.] 1. To make terms; to stipulate. [1913 Webster]

Pay me back my credit, And I'll condition with ye. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]

2. (Metaph.) To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible. [1913 Webster]

To think of a thing is to condition. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]


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