MONEY(?)ROOT OF ALL(?)EVIL

MONEY(?)ARTIFICIAL(?)LIFE

con¹

kän/

informal

verb

verb: con; 3rd person present: cons; past tense: conned; past participle: conned; gerund or present participle: conning

1. 1.

   persuade (someone) to do or believe something, typically by use of a deception.

   "I conned him into giving me your home number"

noun

noun: con; plural noun: cons

1. 1.

   an instance of deceiving or tricking someone.

   "when depositors, realizing that the whole thing is a con, demand repayment"

Origin

late 19th cent. (originally US): abbreviation of confidence, as in confidence trick .

LiViNG

WITH~(6!9)~OUT

CON($)ENT

con⁴

kän/

verb

archaic

verb: con; 3rd person present: cons; past tense: conned; past participle: conned; gerund or present participle: conning

1. 1.

   study attentively or learn by heart (a piece of writing).

   "the girls conned their pages with a great show of industry"

Origin

Middle English cunne, conne, con, variants of can¹.

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Ents are a race of beings in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world Middle-earth who closely resemble trees. They are similar to the talking trees in folklore around the world. Their name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word for giant.