单词 | negant |
释义 | † negantn. Obsolete. rare. 1. A person who denies a statement, declaration, proposition, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > [noun] > one who nitera1400 denierc1475 negant?1567 negator1805 negativist1861 ?1567 Def. Priestes Mariages 268 The affirmantes..were almost treeble so manie, as were the negantes. 2. Logic. A negative proposition. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > condition of being affirmative or negative > a negative proposition negative1628 negant1653 contrapositive1870 1653 Z. Coke Art of Logick ii. 116 The fight of Propositions both in quality and quantity, as is between an universal affirmant, and a particular negant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.?1567 |
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