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1. abduce, v. View full entry 1537
...trans. = abduct2a. Now chiefly U.S....
2. absurd, adj. and n. View full entry 1531
...Of a thing: against or without reason or propriety; incongruous, unreasonable, illogical....
3. Academe, n. View full entry 1598
...orig. and chiefly literary. = academy2....
4. academian, n. View full entry a1533
...Philos. = academic1. Obs....
5. academical, adj. and n. View full entry 1549
...Philos. Also with capital initial. = academic1. Now rare....
6. Academite, n. View full entry 1572
...Perh.: = academic1. Obs.rare....
7. † accidentary, adj. View full entry ?1549
...Having the nature of a logical accident; not affecting the essence, non-essential. Cf. accidental12....
8. acroama, n. View full entry 1579
...Originally Ancient Greek Philos. Oral teaching heard only by initiated disciples; esoteric doctrines....
9. actus purus, n. View full entry 1598
...Pure action, unmixed with potentiality or passivity; an instance of this. Cf. act4....
10. ad hominem, adv. and adj. View full entry 1588
...By attempting to disprove an argument or proposition by attacking the beliefs or character of the person proposing it (cf. argumentum ad hominemargument3c). Subsequently also in extended use:...
11. adjunct, adj. and n. View full entry 1516
...Associated, connected; joined, added; subordinate, supplementary....
12. adjunction, n. View full entry ?1545
...The action or process of adding something to something else; the joining or uniting of one thing or person with another....
13. ad placitum, adv. View full entry a1556
...By arbitrary application of a word or sign to a particular meaning, without a natural or logical basis. More generally: arbitrarily, as one pleases; (also) by convention or general agreement....
14. † adrop, n. View full entry a1550
...Lead, esp. regarded as a source or form of the philosopher's stone....
15. aeon | eon, n. View full entry 1581
...In Gnostic theology: any of a number of emanations of God, taking part in the creation and government of the universe....
16. aetiology | etiology, n. View full entry a1555
...The assignment of a cause; the provision of a reason for something; (also) the cause assigned, the reason given for something....
17. affirmant, n. and adj. View full entry ?1567
...A person who affirms (something); a person who makes a statement or declaration. Cf. negant1....
18. Alexandrian, n.1 and adj.1 View full entry 1539
...A native or inhabitant of Alexandria, a city and port in Egypt....
19. amphiboly, n. View full entry 1588
...Ambiguous discourse; a sentence which may be construed in two distinct senses; a quibble. (See amphibology, which is the earlier and more popular word.)...
20. analogical, adj. View full entry 1564
...Of the nature of or characterized by analogy....
