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systatic, a. (n.)|sɪˈstætɪk| [ad. med. and mod.L. systaticus, a. Gr. συστατικός commendatory, drawing together, compacting, f. σύν syn-1 + στα- to place (see stand v.), after συνιστάναι to associate, put together, combine, bring together as friends, introduce.] 1. Pertaining to or involving ‘systasis’; synthetic.
1640G. Watts tr. Bacon's Adv. Learn. vi. ii. 276 Those other Methods, Analytique; Systatique; Dieritique; [etc.]. 2. Path. Involving several of the sensory powers simultaneously; n. a disease which does this.
[1820Good Nosology 348 Systatica.] In recent Dicts. 3. systatic letter or systatic epistle (med.L. litteræ systaticæ), an introductory or commendatory letter. rare.
a1919N.E.D. ‘In recent Dicts.’ 1947G. Every Byzantine Patriarchate xiii. 177 The synod decided to ask the Pope for a ‘systatic letter’. 1955S. Runciman Eastern Schism ii. 32 His successor, Sergius IV, sent a Systatic Letter to Constantinople. |