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veˈstigian, a. and n. rare.
[f. vestige + -ian.]
a. adj. Of or pertaining to, or designating, the theory of evolution propounded by R. Chambers in his Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation (1844).
b. n. One who agrees with or supports this work or theory.
1860Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) II. 295 The case would be a decided difficulty on the Lamarckian or Vestigian doctrine of necessary progression. 1891Tablet 12 Sept. 414 Men who had never been known to read a scientific book in their lives, were found poring over it, and taking sides as Vestigians and anti-Vestigians. |