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chronical, a.|ˈkrɒnɪkəl|
Also 7 cronical(l, chronicall.
[f. as chronic a. + -al1.]
†1. Of or relating to verbal tense. Obs.
1530Palsgr. 92 The frenche tonge useth never augmentation neyther chronical nor sillabical in theyr fyrst sillables.
2. Of or pertaining to time, regulated by time.
1647Torshell in Phœnix (1721) I. 102 The continuance and Chronical method of the Scripture-history. a1652J. Smith Sel. Disc. v. 138 Our knowledge is chronical and successive, and cannot grasp all things at once. 1802Bentham Princ. Penal Law Wks. 1843 I. 456 Punishments of the pecuniary or chronical class.. are susceptible of being exactly measured. 1859R. Burton Centr. Afr. in Jrnl. Geogr. Soc. XXIX. 168 According to the people, whose greatest chronical measure is a Masika, or rainy season.
3. Of disease: = chronic 2.
1601T. Wright Climact. Years (1604) 13 There are two sorts of diseases, sharpe and cronicall. 1694Child Disc. Trade (ed. 4) 184 Desperate and acute diseases, as well as chronical. 1762Goldsm. Misc. Wks. (1837) III. 309 The diseases of the poor..were mostly chronical. 1805W. Saunders Min. Waters 198 Afflicted with..a chronical diarrhœa, etc. 1817Coleridge Biog. Lit. 20 The acute disease, changing into chronical.
b. transf.
1672–3Marvel Reh. Transp. II. 93 Chronical Negligence and Ignorance. 1682H. More Annot. Glanvill's Lux O. 35 Those seven Chronical Sleepers that slept in a Cave from Decius his time to the reign of Theodosius junior. |