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 Con, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conned p. pr. & vb. n. Conning.]
 1. To know; to understand; to acknowledge. [Obs.]
    Of muses, Hobbinol, I con no skill.   --Spenser.
    They say they con to heaven the highway.   --Spenser.
 2. To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously.
 Fixedly did look
 Upon the muddy waters which he conned
 As if he had been reading in a book.   --Wordsworth.
    I did not come into Parliament to con my lesson.   --Burke.
 To con answer, to be able to answer. [Obs.]
 To con thanks, to thank; to acknowledge obligation. [Obs.]