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‖ mathetic, a.|məˈθɛtɪk| [ad. Gr. µαθητικός pertaining to learning; cogn. with prec.] Pertaining to learning or scientific knowledge. Also (Bentham) in combining form mathetico-.
1816Bentham Chrestomathia ii. 1 Mathetic..exercises: exercises,..by which progress is made, proficiency obtained, or a lesson got: simply mathetic, to distinguish them from those which may be termed mathetico-docimastic,..by which progress is made, and at the same time exhibited. Ibid. 22 During the whole of the school-time, the scholars are, all of them, employed, either in simply mathetic, in simply probative, or in organic (i.e. mathetico-probative) exercises. 1865J. Grote Explor. Philos. i. 175 Technicalism ought to stand upon a general basis of good mathetic logic. |