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‖ progymˈnasma Obs. rare.
Pl. -mata.
[ad. Gr. προγύµνασµα a preparatory exercise, f. προγυµνάζειν to train beforehand.]
A preparatory or preliminary exercise or study.
1674Phil. Trans. IX. 220, I consider'd that..some of those Observations..might shew me the true Quantity of the Equations of the Suns Orb... I turned over his Progymnasmata, and pitched on two. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. Contents (i. v. 724) A Progymnasma or Prælusory attempt, towards the proving of a God from his Idea as including necessary existence. |