something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"
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A figure in which the natural order of sense is reversed; hysterology; as, valet atque vivit, "he is well and lives."
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something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Philosophy, Logic and argument.the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Philosophy, Logic and argument.something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Philosophy, Logic and argument.the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Philosophy, Logic and argument.an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Philosophy, Logic and argument.(logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Philosophy, Logic and argument.a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Philosophy, Logic and argument.an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Philosophy, Logic and argument.(law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Philosophy, Logic and argument.(rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts
Used in the same subject area: Rhetoric, Literature and rhetoric.(rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse
Used in the same subject area: Rhetoric, Literature and rhetoric.(rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth
Used in the same subject area: Rhetoric, Literature and rhetoric.(rhetoric) exhortation; admonition.; "In Deuteronomy it is often impossible to separate parenesis from history."
Used in the same subject area: Rhetoric, Literature and rhetoric.(rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration; "he summarized his main points in his peroration"
Used in the same subject area: Rhetoric, Literature and rhetoric.(rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning
Used in the same subject area: Rhetoric, Literature and rhetoric.(rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits.; "The last and perhaps t…
Used in the same subject area: Rhetoric, Literature and rhetoric.(philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science…
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One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: figure, natural, order, sense, reversed.Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: figure, natural, order, sense, reversed.To march back, or to march in reversed order.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: figure, natural, order, sense, reversed.The natural environment where an organism lives
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: figure, natural, order, sense, reversed.A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: figure, natural, order, sense, reversed.One who lives either north or south of the tropics, as contrasted with one who lives on the other side of them; -- so called because a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: figure, natural, order, sense, reversed.One's own dwelling place; the house in which one lives; esp., the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one'…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: figure, natural, order, sense, reversed.Regardless of natural obligation; contrary to natural duty; unkind; -- commonly said of a testament made without regard to natural obl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: figure, natural, order, sense, reversed.Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed; inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to direct.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: figure, natural, order, sense, reversed.A peculiar method of transformation, in which a figure is replaced by its inverse figure. Propositions that are true for the original…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: figure, natural, order, sense, reversed.Changed to a contrary or counterchanged order; reversed; characterized by inversion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: figure, natural, order, sense, reversed.Of or pertaining to a natural order of which the lily, tulip, and hyacinth are well-known examples.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: figure, natural, order, sense, reversed.
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