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infinitate, v.|ɪnˈfɪnɪteɪt|
[f. ppl. stem of Schol.L. infīnītāre (Abelard Dialectica, Wks., Paris 1836, 225), f. infīnīt-us infinite: see -ate3.]
trans. To render infinite; in Logic, to make (a positive concept, term, or predicate) ‘infinite’ (see infinite a. 8) or indefinite in extent, by prefixing a negative. Hence inˈfinitated ppl. a.
1864Bowen Logic vi. 152 Either A, or its Infinitated correlative, not-A, must belong to everything, and must include everything. Ibid. 153 A negative Judgment can always be changed in Form to an affirmative, or an affirmative to a negative, simply by Infinitating one of its Terms, or by dropping its Infinitation. 1867Atwater Logic 61 Hence such purely Negative Conceptions are sometimes classed by logicians as Infinitated Conceptions. |