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ˌaxioˈmatical, a.
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
†1. Logic. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a simple statement or proposition: cf. axiom 2. Obs.
1588Fraunce Lawiers Log. i. ii. 7 This is the first part of judgement in axioms, called axiomaticall, determining only truth and falsenes in propositions or axioms. a1679T. Goodwin Wks. (1864) VIII. 403 An application axiomatical, that he is mine.
2. Of or relating to axioms, maxims, or admitted first principles.
a1676Whitlock Mann. Eng. 109 (T.) To front his axiomatical experiments [the book of Aphorisms] with the grand miscarriages in the practice of most able physicians. a1751Bolingbroke Hum. Knowl. i. (R.) Materials of axiomatical, scientific, and, in a word, of absolute real knowledge.
3. = axiomatic 1.
1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. v. 731 Axiomatical Truths. 1765Johnson Pref. Shaks. Wks. 1816 II. 167 In his art there is no..axiomatical truth that regulates subordinate positions. 1869Eng. Mech. 9 Apr. 62/1 Proving..that ‘two and two make four,’ or propositions equally as axiomatical.
4. = axiomatic 3.
1738Oldys Raleigh (R.) That solid axiomatical vein, which is observable in other productions of Ralegh's muse. |