Theory: alternatives and connections

The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.

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The doctrine of atoms. See Atomic philosophy, under Atomic.

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Multiplication or increase by gemmation or budding.

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An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.

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The doctrine of certain extreme adherents or disciples of Descartes and Johann Gottlieb Fichte, which finds all the elements of knowledge in the ego…

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The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society.

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A little leaf bud, as the plumule between the cotyledons.

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A mixed mass; a medley. See Hotchpot.

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Characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis; conditional; assumed without proof, for the purpose of reasoning and deducing proof, or of acco…

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To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without order; -- often followed by together or up.

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A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.

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Work composed of pieces sewed together, esp. pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill-adapted parts;…

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An old theory of the preexistence of germs. Cf. Embo/tement.

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The act of speculating.

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The act of supposing; also, that which is supposed; supposition; opinion.

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The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or considering as true or existing, what is known not to be true, or what is not proved.

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Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; rel…

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An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal.

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The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life.

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To put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; as, to construct an edifice.

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The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in S…

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To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without delivery of pos…

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To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without delivery of pos…

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To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or application which the real…

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To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or application which the real…

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Pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation: not practical; as, theo…

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Pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation: not practical; as, theo…

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A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point i…

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In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order accordin…

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The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing.

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A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point i…

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The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing.

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The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or…

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