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telic, a.|ˈtɛlɪk|
[ad. Gr. τελικ-ός final, f. τέλος end.]
1. Gram. Of a conjunction or clause: Expressing end or purpose.
1846in Worcester (citing Prof. Stuart). 1856Alford Grk. Test. III. 90 note/2 [In Eph. ii. 9 ἵνα µή τις καυχήσηται] ἵνα has in matter of fact its strictest telic sense. With God, results are all purposed. 1882Farrar Early Chr. II. 507 note, St. John's use of ἵνα is far wider than that of classical writers. It often loses its telic sense (‘in order that’) and becomes simply ekbatic or explanatory, as in Luke i. 43, John xv. 13. 1904Sat. Rev. 9 Apr. 460/1 It expresses a purpose or intention, and is therefore telic.
2. Directed or tending to a definite end; purposive.
1889Mivart Truth xxv. 438 The telic series of cyclical changes which are characteristic of all duly organized living bodies. 1903L. F. Ward Pure Sociol. ii. v. 94 All causes are either efficient, conative, or telic. Ibid. ii. vi. 97 The telic or final cause is not a force,..but it utilizes efficient causes in a manner wholly its own, and thus produces effects. 1906Dealey & Ward Text-bk. Sociology §280 Civilisation chiefly consists in the exercise of the telic faculty. |