Condition \Con*di"tion\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Conditioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conditioning}.] 1. To make terms; to stipulate.
Pay me back my credit, And I'll condition with ye. --Beau. & Fl.
2. (Metaph.) To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.
To think of a thing is to condition. --Sir W. Hamilton.
Condition \Con*di"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. conditio (better condicio) agreement, compact, condition; con- + a root signifying to show, point out, akin to dicere to say, dicare to proclaim, dedicate. See {Teach}, {Token}.] 1. Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength, etc.; predicament; rank; position, estate.
I am in my condition A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king. --Shak.
And O, what man's condition can be worse Than his whom plenty starves and blessings curse? --Cowley.
The new conditions of life. --Darwin.
2. Essential quality; property; attribute.
It seemed to us a condition and property of divine powers and beings to be hidden and unseen to others. --Bacon.
3. Temperament; disposition; character. [Obs.]
The condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil. --Shak.
4. That which must exist as the occasion or concomitant of something else; that which is requisite in order that something else should take effect; an essential qualification; stipulation; terms specified.
I had as lief take her dowry with this condition, to be whipped at the high cross every morning. --Shak.
Many are apt to believe remission of sins, but they believe it without the condition of repentance. --Jer. Taylor.
5. (Law) A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligation; or, in case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or modify a devise or bequest. It is also the case of a future uncertain event, which may or may not happen, and on the occurrence or non-occurrence of which, the accomplishment, recission, or modification of an obligation or testamentary disposition is made to depend. --Blount. Tomlins. Bouvier. Wharton.
{Equation of condition}. (Math.) See under {Equation}.
{On condition} or {Upon condition} (that), used for {if} in introducing conditional sentences. ``Upon condition thou wilt swear to pay him tribute . . . thou shalt be placed as viceroy under him.'' --Shak.
{Conditions of sale}, the terms on which it is proposed to sell property by auction; also, the instrument containing or expressing these terms.
Condition \Con*di"tion\, v. t. [Cf. LL. conditionare. See {Condition}, n.] 1. To invest with, or limit by, conditions; to burden or qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as the condition of.
Seas, that daily gain upon the shore, Have ebb and flow conditioning their march. --Tennyson.
2. To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
It was conditioned between Saturn and Titan, that Saturn should put to death all his male children. --Sir W. Raleigh.
3. (U. S. Colleges) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college; as, to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study.
4. To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains). --McElrath.
He was hospitalized in serious condition.
Hospital officials said another four Panamanians remained hospitalized in "stable" condition but gave no further details.
A woman was in critical condition today after nine hours of surgery to receive a new liver, following a plea from track star Carl Lewis to help locate an organ.
Ms. Culver was in stable condition suffering from exhaustion, exposure and sunburn but was sleeping and doing well, Wannamaker said.
In the western part of the country, the Soviet pullout has begun from Shindad and Herat, said the Islamabad-based diplomats, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Direct talks with Iraq, he said, are unacceptable as a condition to a cease-fire.
The plane is only 2 years old and it was in good condition," Lo said.
He was in stable condition in intensive care after being in surgery all night.
The trader spoke on condition of anonymity.
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the pair was arrested earlier in the week after arriving at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport on flights from London.
The officials, all speaking on condition of anonymity, said they had heard unconfirmed reports that the Colombian minister's 3-year-old son, who accompanied her from Bogota, was the target of a death threat.
Two injured children remained in critical condition early Sunday.
The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said they are convinced human rights violations are not a matter of government policy but that those guilty of politically-motivated crimes must be brought to justice.
Both the commission sources and the diplomats spoke on condition of anonymity.
But Mr. Metzlaff contends that the disclosure didn't properly inform prospective shareholders of the true condition of Puma's flagging U.S. operations.
A Coast Guard officer who spoke on condition of anonymity said Friday that state officials were naive or uninformed if they believed a spill as large as the one in Prince William Sound could be cleaned up quickly.
"The company entered fiscal 1988 in its best financial condition ever," Mr. Davis said.
The nuclear issue "couldn't come at a worse time," said a diplomat from a NATO country, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The spokesman talked to The Associated Press on the condition he not be identified.
The 21-year-old survivor, who suffered burns and an ankle injury, was in stable condition at Boulder Community Hospital on Saturday night, according to a statement by the Boulder County Sheriff's Department.
The National Enquirer recently ran an article claiming her condition was worse than the White House has let on and that the first lady was in severe pain at times.
"Bush knew better than anyone else how frustrating such rumors are and wanted to put them to rest," said an administration official who spoke only on condition of anonymity.
At the time, ADN said he was suffering from an "acute gallbladder ailment," but made no other mention of Honecker's condition until today's report.
The officials, who spoke today on condition of anonymity, said at least 2,000 civilians died in the fighting that pits Tamil separatists against the Sinhalese-dominated government.
One of these sources, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity, said at least 11 ships were heading home without new orders to pick up Mideast-bound cargo.
Miss Valaziotis was in stable condition with a broken jaw and bruises.
Two remained hospitalized Sunday in good condition.
'They did not expect to be required to make substantial additional payments to British Coal as a condition for exercising their petroleum licences.' The operators are lobbying the DTI hard to resolve the uncertainties and encourage methane production.
"They really are in poor condition," he said. "Nationally, many school systems are not making physical education a mandatory course, or it's being dropped back to once a week.
Ranges in most of the West needed rain, but livestock was said to be in "mostly good' condition.