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‖ ad rem|æd rɛm| [L.] (Pertaining or pertinent) to the matter or subject in hand; to the purpose.
1608Middleton Fam. Love v. H 4, Ad rem, ad rem, master Poppin: leaue your allegories,..and to the point. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. To Rdr. 40 To speake ad rem, who is free from passion? 1680J. Howe Let. to Person of Qual. 23 What I can find in his Sermon hath any aspect or design that way is either ad rem, or ad hominem. 1865Ruskin in Daily Tel. 7 Sept. (Cent. Dict.), Your statements of practical difficulty are..more ad rem than my mere assertions of principle. 1905Spectator 4 Feb. 180/2 It is more ad rem to consider whether a satisfactory answer to Newman's question is to be found in the second book on our list. 1940Mind XLIX. 174 It can hardly be regarded as ad rem in our present discussion that is directed to human knowledge. |