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A posteriori: Definition and part of speech

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A posteriori

  1. Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; inductive or empirical.
  2. Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aposiopesis: Definition and part of speech

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Aposiopesis

  1. n. A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, “I declare to you that his conduct — but I can not speak of that, here.”

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Apostasy: Definition and part of speech

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Apostasy

  1. n. An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion of departure from one’s faith, principles, or party; esp., the renunciation of a religious faith; as, Julian’s apostasy from Christianity.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Apostate: Definition and part of speech

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Apostate

  1. v. i. To apostatize.
  2. n. One who has forsaken the faith, principles, or party, to which he before adhered; esp., one who has forsaken his religion for another; a pervert; a renegade.
  3. n. One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
  4. a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.