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1. allǒuāble adj.

14 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Praiseworthy, commendable; proper; (b) logic admissible, valid; (c) law permissible, admissible; (d) of reimbursement: due, appropriate. …

2. antecēdent adj. & n.

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Logic & ethics A prior assumption or principle, a premise; antecedent trouth; antecedent ded, a preceding act as causing a later act. …

3. minor adj. & n.

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(a) Logic. The minor premise of a syllogism; (b) used in plant names to designate the smaller or lesser of two related plants. …

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