conditionaladj.n.

/kənˈdɪʃənəl/

Etymology: Middle English condicionel , < Old French condicionel (now conditionnel ), < Latin condiciōnāl-em , < condiciōn- : see condition n. and -al suffix¹.

A. adj.

I. generally.

a. Subject to, depending on, or limited by, one or more conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms or stipulations. conditional immortality: the theological doctrine that human immortality is conditional upon faith in Christ. conditional offer: an offer made upon certain conditions, esp. an offer of a place at a university, college, etc., made to a prospective student, conditional upon the attainment of specified grades in forthcoming examinations or upon other requirements. conditional sale: a sale of which the completion or binding effect depends upon the performance of certain conditions; a sale with the provision that the vendor may resume proprietorship on certain conditions.

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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adjective]

conditionalc1380

conditionate1533

conditionated1581

otherwise1602

provisory1611

cautionated1623

provisionala1626

provisive1650

conditioneda1656

subject1662

limitative1682

springing1685

eventual1692

contingent1710

stipulated1766

provisionary1775

conditional1864

mitigated1884

the mind > possession > giving > offer or action of offering > [noun] > with conditions

conditional offer1963

society > education > educational administration > [noun] > admission > offer of a place

conditional offer1963

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 344 Bileve, þat stondiþ in general wordis and in condicionel wordis.

c1386 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale 430 If his [God's] wityng streyneth neuer a deel But by necessitee condicioneel [v.r. -el].

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. x. sig. Rr.iij^v/1 Of inforced sinne they make two sortes: whereof they call one absolute, the other conditionall.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. viii. 484/2 Onely to sweare a Conditionall Fealty.

1682 J. Scarlett Stile of Exchanges 75 A Possessor of a Bill may protest against a limitted and conditional Acceptance.

1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. xvii. 284 The promises..are really not absolute, but conditional.

1873 J. Richards On Arrangem. Wood-working Factories 172 A kind of conditional sale system; machines are bought, and what is stranger, furnished, on trial.

1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) iv. xxvi. 425 The belief in Conditional Immortality lingered in the churches..for several centuries after the time of Athanasius.

1963 Admissions Procedure 1963–64 (U.C.C.A.) 11 Unconditional and qualifying offers may be firmly accepted, but not conditional offers.

1963 Admissions Procedure 1963–64 (U.C.C.A.) 12 If, on 8th June he is holding one offer only and this is a conditional offer this will now be regarded as his preferred offer.

1986 Oxf. Mag. No. 8. 1/2 A marked advance on the 330 old-style conditional offers made in 1984... The conditional offer has been more amply exploited.

b. Const. on.

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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adjective]

conditionalc1380

conditionate1533

conditionated1581

otherwise1602

provisory1611

cautionated1623

provisionala1626

provisive1650

conditioneda1656

subject1662

limitative1682

springing1685

eventual1692

contingent1710

stipulated1766

provisionary1775

conditional1864

mitigated1884

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. ii. 12 The son's inheriting is made conditional on his marrying a girl..who is now a marriageable young woman.

1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. i. ix. 93 The king had made the return of his favour conditional on Becket's behaviour.

2. Of or pertaining to condition, expressing a condition: see A. 5 – A. 8 below.

†3. Of or pertaining to one's condition or social status. Obsolete.

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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [adjective] > relating to circumstances of a person or in life

conditional1632

circumstantial1809

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1682) x. 425 Their conditional vertues [are] semblable to their last and longest Conquerors.

4. Existing under conditions and limitations; subject to circumstances.

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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adjective] > limited by conditions

qualified1538

circumstantiateda1628

conditional1837

conditioned1842

1837 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 79 In this very conditional world..he that thinks least will live the longest.

1844 R. W. Emerson Young Amer. in Lect. in Wks. (1906) II. 297 The population of the world is a conditional population..not the best, but the best that could live in the existing state.

II. spec.

5. Logic. conditional judgement or proposition: one consisting of two categorical clauses, the former of which, expressing a condition introduced by if or equivalent word, is called the antecedent (in Grammar protasis), the latter, stating the conclusion, is called the consequent (apodosis). conditional syllogism: a syllogism having a conditional proposition for its major premiss.

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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical classification > [adjective] > of logical judgements

conditional1532

simple1532

absolute1599

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > conditional or hypothetical proposition

conditional judgement or proposition1532

connex1628

hypothetical1654

hypothesis1656

future contingent1659

hypothetic1698

conditional1828

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [adjective] > conditional or hypothetical

conditional1532

connexive1587

hypothetical1588

connex1589

connexed1628

substitutive1656

future contingent1659

hypothetica1680

theoretic1789

conjunctivea1856

counterfactual1946

contrafactual1950

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > [noun] > hypothetical or conditional syllogism

hypothetical1654

hypothetic1698

conditional syllogism1864

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 418/1 Yf he tourne it from a condicional proposicion in to an affyrmatyue antecedent and consequent.

1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 229 These compound axiomes are called Conditionall in the common phrase of the Schooles; because, the first part is put Conditionally, not absolutely.

1725 I. Watts Logick ii. ii. §6 Conditional or hypothetical propositions are those whose parts are united by the conditional particle if.

1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic vii. 207 A Conditional Syllogism is one of which the Major Premise, and only the Major Premise, is a Conditional Judgment.

6. Grammar. Of or pertaining to the expression of a condition. conditional mood or mode: applied by Palsgrave to that form of the French verb which expresses the protasis of a conditional proposition (the Conditional of modern French being called by him ‘Potential’); in Spanish and Portuguese, applied to forms expressing both the protasis and the apodosis (‘first’ and ‘second conditional’); in modern French and Italian to that which usually expresses the apodosis only. conditional conjunctions: such as are used in expressing a condition, e.g. if, unless, though. conditional phrase: a phrase equivalent to a conditional conjunction, e.g. provided that, supposing that, etc.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > mood > [adjective] > other spec.

conditional1530

subcontinuative1530

precatory1610

consuetudinal1728

conjunctive1736

precative1751

requisitive1751

adhortative1815

potential1837

jussive1846

obligative1877

hypothetical1892

permissive1892

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 84 Modes they have vii, the indicative..the subjunctive..the potenciall..the imperatyve..the optative..the condicional, the infinitive.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 84 The condicional mode whiche they use whan they expresse condicion if a dede be to be done, as sy je parle.

1786 J. H. Tooke Επεα Πτεροεντα vii. 151 Those words which are called conditional conjunctions, are to be accounted for in all languages..as I have accounted for If and An.

1861 P. B. Du Chaillu Explor. Equatorial Afr. App. 527 The conditional mood has a form of its own, but the conjunctive particles are used as auxiliaries.

1877 A. Bain Comp. Higher Eng. Gram. 148 The conditional clause is introduced by ‘if’.

1879 H. J. Roby Gram. Latin Lang. II. 209 Conditional sentences..sometimes the conditional particle is not expressed.

7. Law. conditional discharge: (see quots.). conditional estate: an estate held upon conditions precedent or subsequent, by the non-performance whereof it is defeated. conditional fee: ‘a fee restrained to some particular heirs, exclusive of others’ (Blackstone). conditional limitation: a condition in a grant or device, the non-fulfilment of which will cause the property to pass to a third party. Also (in sense A. 1) conditional obligation, conditional pardon, conditional surrender, etc.

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society > law > legal document > [adjective] > parts of > specific clauses or provisions

conditional1552

modal1590

resolutivea1623

contingent1710

resolutory1818

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > acquittal or clearing of accusation > [noun] > conditional discharge

conditional discharge1947

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Condicionall possession, or state, Possessio fiduciaria.

1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 161 Another similar conditional estate, created by operation of law, for security and satisfaction of debts, is called an estate by elegit.

1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 369 If the surrender be conditional, and the presentment be absolute, both the surrender, presentment, and admittance thereupon are wholly void.

1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 394 A pardon may also be conditional..the king..may annex to his bounty a condition either precedent or subsequent.

1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 285 The clause ceased to be merely a condition of forfeiture, and became a conditional limitation.

1864 Serjt. Manning in Athenæum 27 Feb. 302/2 For more than two centuries after the Norman Conquest, if land were given to A. and the heirs of his body, A. was said to acquire a conditional fee. A child being born, the condition was fulfilled, and A, the donee, became absolute owner, and could dispose of the estate as freely as if it had originally been conveyed to him in fee simple.

1947 Hansard Commons 27 Nov. 2143 We propose to substitute for binding over conditional discharge, which means that if an offender commits a further offence within 12 months he will be liable to be brought up for sentence in respect of the offence regarding which he was conditionally discharged.

1971 Reader's Digest Family Guide Law 769/2 If the offender does not commit any further offence during the period of the conditional discharge, no conviction is recorded against him.

1984 Which? Dec. 558/3 Only professional thieves go to prison and first offenders are usually fined or maybe given a conditional discharge.

8. Mathematics. Applied to equations that state the conditions.

ΚΠ

1841 J. R. Young Math Diss. ii. 61 The conditional equations themselves are equally undeterminate.

B. n. (elliptical uses of the adjective.)

1. A word or clause expressing a condition.

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the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > terms of agreement > a condition or stipulation

mannerc1400

covenantc1440

conditionala1533

authorament1607

requisition1620

postulatum1639

thingum1649

qualification1660

ultimatum1733

requirement1737

term1746

stipulation1750

contingency1818

precondition1825

chapter1864

a1533 J. Frith Against Rastel (?1535–6) iii. sig. Ciij The text hath not that condicionall, all though I was contented to take it at your handes to se what you coulde proue.

1873 R. Black tr. F. Guizot Hist. France II. xxv. 479 A peace, which, in spite of some conditionals favourable to France, left the principal and fatal consequences..to take full effect.

2. Grammar. A conditional conjunction; the conditional mood of the verb.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > mood > [noun] > other specific moods

conditional1591

potential1706

requisitive1751

conjunctive1795

consuetudinal1808

permissivea1831

obligative1877

jussive1900

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > conjunction > [noun] > other specific types of conjunction

rationalc1450

subcontinuativea1504

causal1530

conditional1591

perfective1735

positive1751

suppositive1751

vav conversive1828

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Gram. sig. F Conditionals as si, Aduersatiues, as Aunque..will haue a subiunctiue.

1610 W. Sclater Threefold Preseruatiue sig. B4 Copulatives somtimes haue force of conditionals.

1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 85 Now we will vary them by Subjunctives or conditionals.

1891 N.E.D. at Conditional Mod. The Conditional is the imperfect of the Future.

3. Logic. A conditional proposition or syllogism.

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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > conditional or hypothetical proposition

conditional judgement or proposition1532

connex1628

hypothetical1654

hypothesis1656

future contingent1659

hypothetic1698

conditional1828

1828 R. Whately Rhetoric in Encycl. Metrop. 258/1 Adopting the form of a Destructive Conditional.

1867 L. H. Atwater Elem. Logic 104 As has been shown before also, Disjunctives may be turned into Conditionals.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	conditional
释义	conditionaladj.n. /kənˈdɪʃənəl/ Etymology: Middle English condicionel , < Old French condicionel (now conditionnel ), < Latin condiciōnāl-em , < condiciōn- : see condition n. and -al suffix¹. A. adj. I. generally. 1. a. Subject to, depending on, or limited by, one or more conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms or stipulations. conditional immortality: the theological doctrine that human immortality is conditional upon faith in Christ. conditional offer: an offer made upon certain conditions, esp. an offer of a place at a university, college, etc., made to a prospective student, conditional upon the attainment of specified grades in forthcoming examinations or upon other requirements. conditional sale: a sale of which the completion or binding effect depends upon the performance of certain conditions; a sale with the provision that the vendor may resume proprietorship on certain conditions. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adjective] conditionalc1380 conditionate1533 conditionated1581 otherwise1602 provisory1611 cautionated1623 provisionala1626 provisive1650 conditioneda1656 subject1662 limitative1682 springing1685 eventual1692 contingent1710 stipulated1766 provisionary1775 conditional1864 mitigated1884 the mind > possession > giving > offer or action of offering > [noun] > with conditions conditional offer1963 society > education > educational administration > [noun] > admission > offer of a place conditional offer1963 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 344 Bileve, þat stondiþ in general wordis and in condicionel wordis. c1386 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale 430 If his [God's] wityng streyneth neuer a deel But by necessitee condicioneel [v.r. -el]. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. x. sig. Rr.iij^v/1 Of inforced sinne they make two sortes: whereof they call one absolute, the other conditionall. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. viii. 484/2 Onely to sweare a Conditionall Fealty. 1682 J. Scarlett Stile of Exchanges 75 A Possessor of a Bill may protest against a limitted and conditional Acceptance. 1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. xvii. 284 The promises..are really not absolute, but conditional. 1873 J. Richards On Arrangem. Wood-working Factories 172 A kind of conditional sale system; machines are bought, and what is stranger, furnished, on trial. 1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) iv. xxvi. 425 The belief in Conditional Immortality lingered in the churches..for several centuries after the time of Athanasius. 1963 Admissions Procedure 1963–64 (U.C.C.A.) 11 Unconditional and qualifying offers may be firmly accepted, but not conditional offers. 1963 Admissions Procedure 1963–64 (U.C.C.A.) 12 If, on 8th June he is holding one offer only and this is a conditional offer this will now be regarded as his preferred offer. 1986 Oxf. Mag. No. 8. 1/2 A marked advance on the 330 old-style conditional offers made in 1984... The conditional offer has been more amply exploited. b. Const. on. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adjective] conditionalc1380 conditionate1533 conditionated1581 otherwise1602 provisory1611 cautionated1623 provisionala1626 provisive1650 conditioneda1656 subject1662 limitative1682 springing1685 eventual1692 contingent1710 stipulated1766 provisionary1775 conditional1864 mitigated1884 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. ii. 12 The son's inheriting is made conditional on his marrying a girl..who is now a marriageable young woman. 1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. i. ix. 93 The king had made the return of his favour conditional on Becket's behaviour. 2. Of or pertaining to condition, expressing a condition: see A. 5 – A. 8 below. †3. Of or pertaining to one's condition or social status. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [adjective] > relating to circumstances of a person or in life conditional1632 circumstantial1809 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1682) x. 425 Their conditional vertues [are] semblable to their last and longest Conquerors. 4. Existing under conditions and limitations; subject to circumstances. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adjective] > limited by conditions qualified1538 circumstantiateda1628 conditional1837 conditioned1842 1837 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 79 In this very conditional world..he that thinks least will live the longest. 1844 R. W. Emerson Young Amer. in Lect. in Wks. (1906) II. 297 The population of the world is a conditional population..not the best, but the best that could live in the existing state. II. spec. 5. Logic. conditional judgement or proposition: one consisting of two categorical clauses, the former of which, expressing a condition introduced by if or equivalent word, is called the antecedent (in Grammar protasis), the latter, stating the conclusion, is called the consequent (apodosis). conditional syllogism: a syllogism having a conditional proposition for its major premiss. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical classification > [adjective] > of logical judgements conditional1532 simple1532 absolute1599 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > conditional or hypothetical proposition conditional judgement or proposition1532 connex1628 hypothetical1654 hypothesis1656 future contingent1659 hypothetic1698 conditional1828 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [adjective] > conditional or hypothetical conditional1532 connexive1587 hypothetical1588 connex1589 connexed1628 substitutive1656 future contingent1659 hypothetica1680 theoretic1789 conjunctivea1856 counterfactual1946 contrafactual1950 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > [noun] > hypothetical or conditional syllogism hypothetical1654 hypothetic1698 conditional syllogism1864 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 418/1 Yf he tourne it from a condicional proposicion in to an affyrmatyue antecedent and consequent. 1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 229 These compound axiomes are called Conditionall in the common phrase of the Schooles; because, the first part is put Conditionally, not absolutely. 1725 I. Watts Logick ii. ii. §6 Conditional or hypothetical propositions are those whose parts are united by the conditional particle if. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic vii. 207 A Conditional Syllogism is one of which the Major Premise, and only the Major Premise, is a Conditional Judgment. 6. Grammar. Of or pertaining to the expression of a condition. conditional mood or mode: applied by Palsgrave to that form of the French verb which expresses the protasis of a conditional proposition (the Conditional of modern French being called by him ‘Potential’); in Spanish and Portuguese, applied to forms expressing both the protasis and the apodosis (‘first’ and ‘second conditional’); in modern French and Italian to that which usually expresses the apodosis only. conditional conjunctions: such as are used in expressing a condition, e.g. if, unless, though. conditional phrase: a phrase equivalent to a conditional conjunction, e.g. provided that, supposing that, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > mood > [adjective] > other spec. conditional1530 subcontinuative1530 precatory1610 consuetudinal1728 conjunctive1736 precative1751 requisitive1751 adhortative1815 potential1837 jussive1846 obligative1877 hypothetical1892 permissive1892 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 84 Modes they have vii, the indicative..the subjunctive..the potenciall..the imperatyve..the optative..the condicional, the infinitive. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 84 The condicional mode whiche they use whan they expresse condicion if a dede be to be done, as sy je parle. 1786 J. H. Tooke Επεα Πτεροεντα vii. 151 Those words which are called conditional conjunctions, are to be accounted for in all languages..as I have accounted for If and An. 1861 P. B. Du Chaillu Explor. Equatorial Afr. App. 527 The conditional mood has a form of its own, but the conjunctive particles are used as auxiliaries. 1877 A. Bain Comp. Higher Eng. Gram. 148 The conditional clause is introduced by ‘if’. 1879 H. J. Roby Gram. Latin Lang. II. 209 Conditional sentences..sometimes the conditional particle is not expressed. 7. Law. conditional discharge: (see quots.). conditional estate: an estate held upon conditions precedent or subsequent, by the non-performance whereof it is defeated. conditional fee: ‘a fee restrained to some particular heirs, exclusive of others’ (Blackstone). conditional limitation: a condition in a grant or device, the non-fulfilment of which will cause the property to pass to a third party. Also (in sense A. 1) conditional obligation, conditional pardon, conditional surrender, etc. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal document > [adjective] > parts of > specific clauses or provisions conditional1552 modal1590 resolutivea1623 contingent1710 resolutory1818 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > acquittal or clearing of accusation > [noun] > conditional discharge conditional discharge1947 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Condicionall possession, or state, Possessio fiduciaria. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 161 Another similar conditional estate, created by operation of law, for security and satisfaction of debts, is called an estate by elegit. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 369 If the surrender be conditional, and the presentment be absolute, both the surrender, presentment, and admittance thereupon are wholly void. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 394 A pardon may also be conditional..the king..may annex to his bounty a condition either precedent or subsequent. 1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 285 The clause ceased to be merely a condition of forfeiture, and became a conditional limitation. 1864 Serjt. Manning in Athenæum 27 Feb. 302/2 For more than two centuries after the Norman Conquest, if land were given to A. and the heirs of his body, A. was said to acquire a conditional fee. A child being born, the condition was fulfilled, and A, the donee, became absolute owner, and could dispose of the estate as freely as if it had originally been conveyed to him in fee simple. 1947 Hansard Commons 27 Nov. 2143 We propose to substitute for binding over conditional discharge, which means that if an offender commits a further offence within 12 months he will be liable to be brought up for sentence in respect of the offence regarding which he was conditionally discharged. 1971 Reader's Digest Family Guide Law 769/2 If the offender does not commit any further offence during the period of the conditional discharge, no conviction is recorded against him. 1984 Which? Dec. 558/3 Only professional thieves go to prison and first offenders are usually fined or maybe given a conditional discharge. 8. Mathematics. Applied to equations that state the conditions. ΚΠ 1841 J. R. Young Math Diss. ii. 61 The conditional equations themselves are equally undeterminate. B. n. (elliptical uses of the adjective.) 1. A word or clause expressing a condition. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > terms of agreement > a condition or stipulation mannerc1400 covenantc1440 conditionala1533 authorament1607 requisition1620 postulatum1639 thingum1649 qualification1660 ultimatum1733 requirement1737 term1746 stipulation1750 contingency1818 precondition1825 chapter1864 a1533 J. Frith Against Rastel (?1535–6) iii. sig. Ciij The text hath not that condicionall, all though I was contented to take it at your handes to se what you coulde proue. 1873 R. Black tr. F. Guizot Hist. France II. xxv. 479 A peace, which, in spite of some conditionals favourable to France, left the principal and fatal consequences..to take full effect. 2. Grammar. A conditional conjunction; the conditional mood of the verb. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > mood > [noun] > other specific moods conditional1591 potential1706 requisitive1751 conjunctive1795 consuetudinal1808 permissivea1831 obligative1877 jussive1900 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > conjunction > [noun] > other specific types of conjunction rationalc1450 subcontinuativea1504 causal1530 conditional1591 perfective1735 positive1751 suppositive1751 vav conversive1828 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Gram. sig. F Conditionals as si, Aduersatiues, as Aunque..will haue a subiunctiue. 1610 W. Sclater Threefold Preseruatiue sig. B4 Copulatives somtimes haue force of conditionals. 1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 85 Now we will vary them by Subjunctives or conditionals. 1891 N.E.D. at Conditional Mod. The Conditional is the imperfect of the Future. 3. Logic. A conditional proposition or syllogism. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > conditional or hypothetical proposition conditional judgement or proposition1532 connex1628 hypothetical1654 hypothesis1656 future contingent1659 hypothetic1698 conditional1828 1828 R. Whately Rhetoric in Encycl. Metrop. 258/1 Adopting the form of a Destructive Conditional. 1867 L. H. Atwater Elem. Logic 104 As has been shown before also, Disjunctives may be turned into Conditionals. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1380
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