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3. accidentāl adj.
20 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Phil. Not a natural or essential part of a thing, non-essential, incidental, secondary; (b) not inherent in a thing, induced from without; (c) ?growing out of something else, ?outward, external.
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4. actūā̆l, -ē̆l adj.
Additional spellings:
actuel
22 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Of things, conditions, emotions, qualities: existing in fact, real; of actions: really done; (b) surg. real (as opposed to potential); actual cauterie, a cauterizing operation involving the……
5. affirmatī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. as n.
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affirmative
5 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Phil. An affirmative proposition, a positive statement or inference; (b) the positive form or aspect of something; in affirmatives, in positive functions (as opposed to failure to function); wil……
6. affirmatī̆velī adv.
1 quotation in 1 sense
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7. alteraciǒun n.
15 quotations in 2 senses
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Phil., physiol., med., alch.: (a) Change, transformation, transmutation; (b) change for the worse, deterioration; evel alteracioun; ill effect or result; (c) change for the better, amelioration……
13. ap(p)etīten v.
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appetiten
1 quotation in 1 sense
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Phil. Of matter: to tend to, or seek (form).
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15. biginning(e ger.
Additional spellings:
beginning, biginninge, beginninge
81 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The process of coming into existence; the Creation (of the world, etc.); the first biginning; (b) the process of being born, birth; (c) origin; source; taken biginning, originate, arise; -- with……
18. effectīvelī̆ adv.
3 quotations in 1 sense
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Phil. As an embodiment or manifestation of 'being' or 'substance.'
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19. effectūā̆llī, -ē̆llī adv.
Additional spellings:
effectuelli
32 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Effectively, adequately, satisfactorily, successfully; (b) in fact, actually; officially.
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22. ensaumplēre n.
6 quotations in 3 senses
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Phil. (a) The divine exemplar (in the Platonic sense); the prototype of the universe, existing in the mind of God and embodied in the phenomena of the material universe; (b) an individual copy of a……
23. entelechia n.
1 quotation in 1 sense
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Phil. Entelechy, the form or essence of a living thing.
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24. essencia, -ie n.
Additional spellings:
essencie, ensencie
8 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Phil. Substance, or true being, as distinguished from accidental qualities; (b) theol. divine essence or being; that in respect of which the three persons of the Trinity are one.
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25. essenciā̆l adj.
9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Phil. Of the essence, having real or true being (as distinguished from accidental existence); real, true, fundamental; (b) of words or attributes: denoting something that is of the (divine)……
26. essenciā̆llī adv.
16 quotations in 2 senses
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Phil. In essence or true being (rendering L essentialiter, existenter); by its very nature, by nature; fundamentally.
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27. estimāciǒun n.
31 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) bi estimacioun, for estimacioun, according to an appraisal or estimate, at an estimate; (b) above(n estimacioun, withouten estimacioun, beyond estimate or calculation, immeasurable, innumerable……
28. estimā̆tī̆f adj.
5 quotations in 1 sense
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Phil. vertu estimatif, estimatif pouer, estimatif wit, one of the five 'inward senses'; intuition, instinct.
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29. exaumplārie n.
13 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A model of conduct to be imitated, a pattern of virtue; taken exaumplarie of, to imitate; (b) the pattern or model according to which something is to be constructed (c) a textual exemplar, a copy……
31. exaumplē̆re n.
25 quotations in 4 senses
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A specific instance illustrating a general truth.
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32. expērience n.
69 quotations in 5 senses
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Phil. The method or process of acquiring knowledge or understanding by observation, esp. through sensory perception, as opposed to gaining knowledge through logical inference or speculation; inductive……
36. fīnāl, -all, -el adj.
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finall, finel
51 quotations in 3 senses
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Pertaining to the end or close of something: (a) occurring at the close or end (of life, the world); concluding, last, ultimate; (b) lasting or continuing until death; (c) finite, not eternal; (d) in……
42. imā̆ǧināciǒun n.
87 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Phil. The faculty of forming mental images from sense data and of retaining them either immediately or when recalled from memory; (b) more narrowly: the faculty of receiving images from the……
43. imā̆ǧinātī̆f adj. & n.
28 quotations in 4 senses
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Phil. (a) Employing mental images; vertu imaginatif, the ability to form and retain images formed from data supplied from the senses or the communis sensus; also, the faculty of combining images into……
44. īrascī̆ble adj. as n.
3 quotations in 1 sense
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Phil. One of the three powers of the soul, the power to hate and reject evil.
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51. subjectīvelī adv.
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Phil. As in a subject, inherently.
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52. subsistence n.
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Phil. That which makes a substance a self-subsistent being.
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53. substanciāl n.
6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Phil. That which pertains to the very nature of a thing; also, a fundamental part of something; (b) ?the essential nature of something, or its being; ?error for substancial adj. 1.(a); (c) a……
57. ūniversā̆l adj.
73 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Affecting the whole world or cosmos; affecting everyone; including in its scope all of a specified or implied group; also, total, complete
(b) affecting the body or a part of the body as a whole,……
58. ūniversā̆litẹ̄ n.
2 quotations in 1 sense
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Phil. Abstract knowledge of a class, derived from generalizing about knowledge of its members; also, the ability to make such generalizations.
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59. unshā̆pnesse n.
1 quotation in 1 sense
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Phil. Formlessness.
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