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extrinsical, a. and n. Now rare.|ɛkˈstrɪnsɪkəl|
Forms: 6–9 extrinsecal(l, 6–7 extrinsicall, 7–9 extrinsical.
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
A. adj.
1. = extrinsic 1.
1594Blundevil Exerc. iii. i. ix. 292 These two circles having respect to a materiall Spheare, are said to be extrinsicall or outward. 1609Douland Ornith. Microl. 44 Extrinsicall [signes] are those..which doe outwardly present themselues. 1645Rutherford Tryal & Tri. Faith (1845) 63 There is carnosity on the ear-drum. This is extrinsical.
b. = extrinsic 1 b.
1580G. Harvey 3 Proper Lett. 14 That..skill I have in extrinsicall & Intrinsecall physiognomie.
2. = extrinsic 2.
1608D. T. Ess. Pol. & Mor. 55 Due consideration must be had of those things..though of themselves, and without extrinsecall relation, they be never so laudable. 1693Leighton Comm. 1 Pet. (1850) I. 24 This our adoption is not a mere extrinsical denomination, as is adoption amongst men.
3. = extrinsic 3.
1641Wilkins Math. Magick ii. i (1648) 146 Something which is extrinsecall unto their own frame. 1651W. G. tr. Cowel's Inst. 193 The condition..that the Rent shall be paid in any extrinsecall place. a1797Burke Hints Ess. Drama Wks. 1812 V. 425 The other [the order of things] is as it were foreign and extrinsecal. 1870Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. i. 84 Shakespeare..projected himself in his own creations; but those creations never became..so objective, or, as they used to say, extrinsical, to him, so as [etc.].
b. = extrinsic 3 b.
1578Banister Hist. Man i. 24 Safetie..from outward, and extrinsicall anoyaunce. 1604T. Wright Passions i. i. 4 Diverse other extrinsecall causes of diseases. 1644Digby Nat. Bodies x. (1658) 94 The motion of every body followeth the percussion of extrinsecal Agents. 1718J. Chamberlayne Relig. Philos. (1730) II. xxii. §36 Some other extrinsical Impediment. 1754Edwards Freed. Will iii. i. 138 One of our Fellow Creatures who did us Good..from meer Compulsion, or extrinsecal Necessity.
4. = extrinsic 4.
1593Nashe Four Lett. Confut. 62 Of such extrinsecall things..would I not willingly vaunt. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. ii. xi. 154 All else that is to be considered concerning prayer is extrinsecall, and accidentall to it. 1690Boyle Chr. Virtuoso i. 94 One Circumstance..may seem more Extrinsecal than those hitherto mentioned.
†B. n. Something that is extrinsic.
1622–62Heylin Cosmogr. i. (1682) 257 These extrinsecals of Religion. 1659― Animadv. in Fuller's Appeal (1840) 319 The first..is a mere extrinsecal. |