expositan.
/ɛkˈspɒzɪtə/ Logic.
= convertend n.
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exposita1826
convertenda1856
1826 R. Whately Elements Logic ii. ii. §4 83 Conversion can then only be illative when no term is distributed in the Converse, which was not distributed in the Exposita.
1851 H. L. Mansel Prolegomena Logica vi. 202 Either the converted proposition is a new judgment distinct from the exposita, or it is merely the same judgment expressed in different language.
1857 W. Spalding in Encycl. Brit. XIII. 605/1 The antecedent is called the Convertend, or Exposita (the proposition set forth to be converted).
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