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2. antecēdent adj. & n.
19 quotations in 3 senses
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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.
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3. as(s)emblen v.(1)
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assemblen
74 quotations in 6 senses
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Of people or animals: to come or get together, congregate; meet, convene, have a meeting; asemblen in fere, asemblen samen, asemblen togeder; ben assembled, be gathered or together; assembled in……
4. assumpciǒun n.
16 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The reception (of the Virgin into Heaven), the Assumption; (b) the assumpcioun, the church festival (August 15) commemorating this event [one of 5 festivals referred to as oure ladi dai]; the……
6. contrā̆rietẹ̄ n.
15 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Antithetic or opposite quality; antithesis, opposition; (b) an opposite; (c) logic antithesis; (d) divergence, disagreement, contradiction.
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7. ē̆quipōlence n.
3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Equivalence in degree; (b) logic an equivalence between two or more propositions.
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9. inducciǒun n.
10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Eccl. The formal installation of a clergyman in a benefice; also, putting someone in possession of an inheritance; (b) logic inductive reasoning; a conclusion, a judgment, or an interpretation……
11. prē̆dicā̆ment n.
7 quotations in 1 sense
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Logic. (a) A category, class; one of Aristotle's ten categories; predicament of ad aliquid, the category of relation; (b) bok of) predicamentes, the Categories of Aristotle.
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12. prē̆mis(se n.
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premisse
35 quotations in 3 senses
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Pl. (a) Aforesaid matters, previously stated points; (b) preliminary plans, preparations; premis of the welcominge, preparations for the welcome.
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13. supposiciǒun n.
6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A hypothesis, conjecture; (b) logic a proposition, an axiom; (c) inclusion in a higher entity, subsumption; (d) placement, positioning.
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