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apoˈretic, a. [a. Fr. aporetique (Cotgr.), ad. Gr. ἀπορητικ-ός, f. ἀπορέ-ειν to be at a loss, f. ἄπορ-ος impassable, f. ἀ priv. + πόρος passage.] Inclined to doubt, or to raise objections.
1605Z. Jones De Loyer's Specters 51 Phirrhon was called the Aporrhetique or Sceptique. 1656Blount Glossogr., Aporetique, ever doubting, never certain in anything. 1935A. C. Bouquet tr. Przywara's Polarity iii. 104 In its ‘aporetic’ character the entire subsequent development of the true teaching of St. Thomas is displayed. 1949Mind LVIII. 247 In the ‘aporetic dialogues’ [of Plato]..Essence never appears. |