kontrol-ar:(tr.) to control by checking,
verification, entering into a counter-register or counter-roll; -o:
checking, verification; -isto: controller, comptroller; -eyo:
comptroller’s office; -o-libro: register kept to
correct another register; (milit.) muster-roll; -o-marko:
check-mark; hall-mark; -mark-izar: to counter-check, mark;
-o-bilieto: (theat. -) check; -expertizo:
counter-survey; -inquesto: counter-inquiry; -voko:
second roll-call, check-roll-call. — DeFIRS
kontrovers-ar:(tr.) to controvert, dispute,
discuss. Def.: (kontroverso) Debato pri questiono, opiniono,
e.c., precipue pri temi religiala, filozofiala. — DEFIS
kontumac-a: (jur.) contumacious: disobedient to a
lawful summons; non-appearing; defaulting; -(ul)o: a c.
person; -eso: contumacy, default; judiciar kom -o:
to default, declare to be contumacious. — DEFIS
kontur-o: contour, outline: the line that bounds a figure;
-izar: to outline, give proper contour. — DEFIRS
kontuz-ar:(tr., med.) to contuse, bruise (by blow
or fall). — DEFIRS
konvalec-ar:(intr.) to be convalescent. —
DEFIS
konvekt-ar:(tr., phys.) to transfer (heat,
electricity) by means of currents in liquids or gases; -o:
convection. Def.: Modo di transporto di la koloro, dil elektro;
III-139. — DEFIRS
konven-ar:(intr.) to suit: be suitable, be
fitting, be congruous, be proper, fit in, match; (cf. decar);
(impers.) to be expedient, be advisable, be convenient; -o:
fitness, suitableness, pertinence; (pl.) good manners,
decorum, proprieties; -anta: suitable, proper, expedient,
pertinent, convenient; ne- -ajo: inconvenience; ca loko
konvenas bone ad il: this place will well suit him; tala
laudo ne konvenas a me: such praise does not suit me; konvenas
facar: it is advisable to be silent; ne konvenas a me
dicar: it does not beseem me to say; obediar la konveni:
to observe the rules of decorum; la konveno di mariajo:
the suitableness of marriage; domo kun multa nekonvenaji:
a house with many inconveniences. — eFIS
konvencion-ar:(intr.) to make an agreement, come
to a (written) understanding; -o: agreement, covenant,
convention, pact; -ala: conventional: stipulated; tacitly
understood, arising out of custom; -ala linguo (od,
parolado): conventional language; parola -o: verbal
agreement; skribita -o: written agreement; la
historiisti ne -as pri la dato: the historians do not agree
as to the date; la testi konvencionis dicar: the witnesses
agreed to say. — DEFIRS
konvent-o: convention, assembly; conventicle: assembly,
usually secret, as of freemasons; nacionala -o: national
convention. — DeFIS
konverg-ar:(intr.) to converge: tend to a point.
Ant.: divergar. — DEFIS
konvers-ar:(intr.) to converse (kun); -etar:
to chat. — DEFIRS
konversion-o:(milit.) a change of front, wheeling.
konvert-ar:(tr., rel., fin.) to convert; -ar
pagani, pek-anti: to convert heathen, sinners (cf. transformar).
— DEFIRS
konvex-a: convex. Ant.: konkava. — DEFIRS
konvink-ar:(tr.) to convince (ulu, pri ulo);
me konvinkesas ke il mentias: I am convinced that he is
lying; -anta, -iva pruvo: convincing proof. — EFIS
konvolvul-o:(bot.) convolvulus, bind-weed,
morning-glory (genus: Convolvulus). — EFIS
konvoy-ar:(tr.) to convoy: transport, convey
troops, munitions, etc. (usually under armed escort); -o:
convoy(ing), transport(ing); -o-navo: transport (ship); -al
eskort-navo: escort ship to a convoy. Def.: Transportar
soldati, municioni, e.c. per serio de veturi o navi. V. exp.:
Konvoyo esas la transporto e, per extenso, la serio de veturi (o
navi) ipsa. Konvoyar ne esas sinomimo di akompanar, eskortizar:
on eskortizas konvoyo; IV-12. — DEFIS
konvuls-ar:(intr.) to have a violent and
involuntary contraction of the muscles; -igar: to
convulse; -o: convulsion, fit; -ala, -atra:
convulsive. V. exp.: Konvulso (konvulsi) esas general e
duranta kontrakti di la muskuli, ne volita, ma pro nerval influo.
Spasmo esas kontrakto lokala (di un muskulo aparta),
generale bruska e neduranta. Krampo esas kontrakto partala e
doloroza di un muskulo (ex. En la suro); II-646. — DEFIRS
konyak-o: cognac (French) brandy. — DEFIRS
