资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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 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.

   Syn: State; situation; circumstances; station; case; mode;
        plight; predicament; stipulation; qualification;
        requisite; article; provision; arrangement. See {State}.