spermaticallyadv.
In a spermatic manner; in a way characteristic of sperm; seminally.
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1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. i. 20) He..was conceived of the holy Ghost, not spermatically, but operatively.
1682 H. More Annot. Lux Orientalis 119 in Two Choice & Useful Treat. Such a spirit as contains Spermatically or Vitally all the Laws contrived by the Divine Intellect.
1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis 324 The participations subsist in these subjects spermatically.
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