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1. affect, n. View full entry a1398
...The manner in which one is inclined or disposed; (also) the capacity for willing or desiring; a mental state, mood, or emotion, esp. one regarded as an attribute of a...
2. Alexandrine, n.1 and adj.1 View full entry a1387
...= Alexandrian (in various senses)....
3. artificial, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of a thing: made or constructed by human skill, esp. in imitation of, or as a substitute for, something which is made or occurs naturally; man-made....
4. catalepsy, n. View full entry 1398
...Med. A disease characterized by a seizure or trance, lasting for hours or days, with suspension of sensation and consciousness....
5. complement, n. View full entry 1398
...The action of fulfilling or completing; completion, fulfilment, accomplishment. Obs....
6. conservation, n. View full entry a1398
...The action or process of conserving; preservation of life, health, perfection, etc.; (also) preservation from destructive influences, natural decay, or waste....
7. discrete, adj. and n. View full entry 1398
...Separate, detached from others, individually distinct. Opposed to continuous....
8. ethic, adj. and n. View full entry a1387
...Relating to morals....
9. horseshoe | horse-shoe, n. View full entry a1387
...A shoe for a horse, now usually formed of a narrow iron plate bent to the outline of the horse's hoof and nailed to the animal's foot....
10. idea, n. View full entry a1398
...In Platonic philosophy: an abstract or eternally existing pattern or archetype of any kind of thing, in relation to which particular things are conceived as imperfect copies or approximations, and often as...
11. in, prep.2 View full entry a1387
...in abˈsentia, in (his, her, or their) absence....
12. inseparable, adj. and n. View full entry 1398
...Said of two or more united things or persons, or of their connection or relation....
13. irascible, adj. View full entry 1398
...Easily provoked to anger or resentment; prone to anger; irritable, choleric, hot-tempered, passionate....
14. materially, adv. View full entry a1398
...By, with, or in respect of matter or physical substance; physically. Now rare....
15. mathematic, n. and adj. View full entry a1387
...= mathematics1. Now chiefly Philos....
16. matterless, adj. and adv. View full entry a1398
...Having no matter; not embodied in matter; immaterial. Now chiefly Philos....
17. metaphysic, n.1 View full entry a1387
...The branch of philosophy that deals with the first principles of things; = metaphysics1a (now rare). Also: a system of metaphysics....
18. motion, n. View full entry a1387
...Political agitation, civil unrest; (hence) an uprising or revolt. Obs....
19. multiplex, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Math....
20. notion, n. View full entry a1398
...A concept or idea, in various philosophical uses; spec.Theol. a character or relation through which the Persons of the Trinity are distinguished;Logic = intention11, esp....
