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1. 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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2. 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……
3. 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……
5. 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)……
6. 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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8. fīnāl, -all, -el adj.
Additional spellings:
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……
11. 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……
12. 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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17. 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,……