Chapter Connubial to Consecrate of C by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

2. Possessing knowledge, whether by internal, conscious experience or by external observation; cognizant; aware; sensible.

Her conscious heart imputed suspicion where none could have been felt.
Hawthorne.

The man who breathes most healthilly is least conscious of his own breathing.
De Quincey.

3. Made the object of consciousness; known to one's self; as, conscious guilt.

With conscious terrors vex me round.
Milton.

Syn. — Aware; apprised; sensible; felt; known.

Consciously
(Con"scious*ly), adv. In a conscious manner; with knowledge of one's own mental operations or actions.

Consciousness
(Con"scious*ness) n.

1. The state of being conscious; knowledge of one's own existence, condition, sensations, mental operations, acts, etc.

Consciousness is thus, on the one hand, the recognition by the mind or "ego" of its acts and affections; — in other words, the self-affirmation that certain modifications are known by me, and that these modifications are mine.
Sir W. Hamilton.

2. Immediate knowledge or perception of the presence of any object, state, or sensation. See the Note under Attention.

Annihilate the consciousness of the object, you annihilate the consciousness of the operation.
Sir W. Hamilton.

And, when the steam
Which overflowed the soul had passed away,
A consciousness remained that it had left.
. . . images and precious thoughts
That shall not die, and can not be destroyed.
Wordsworth.

The consciousness of wrong brought with it the consciousness of weakness.
Froude.

3. Feeling, persuasion, or expectation; esp., inward sense of guilt or innocence. [R.]

An honest mind is not in the power of a dishonest: to break its peace there must be some guilt or consciousness.
Pope.

Conscribe
(Con*scribe") v. t. [L. conscribere. See Conscript.] To enroll; to enlist. [Obs.] E. Hall.

Conscript
(Con"script) a. [L. conscriptus, p. p. of conscribere to write together, to enroll; con- + scribere to write. See Scribe.] Enrolled; written; registered.

Conscript fathers (Rom. Antiq.), the senators of ancient Rome. When certain new senators were first enrolled with the "fathers" the body was called Patres et Conscripti; afterward all were called Patres conscripti.

Conscript
(Con"script), n. One taken by lot, or compulsorily enrolled, to serve as a soldier or sailor.

Conscript
(Con*script") v. t. To enroll, by compulsion, for military service.

Conscription
(Con*scrip"tion) n. [L. conscriptio: cf. F. conscription.]

1. An enrolling or registering.

The conscription of men of war.
Bp. Burnet.