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predicamental, a.|prɪdɪkəˈmɛntəl|
Also 7 præ-.
[f. prec. + -al1.]
Of or pertaining to a predicament, or the predicaments.
1601Deacon & Walker Spirits & Divels 89 They haue..no predicamentall, but an intelligible quantity. 1661Glanvill Van. Dogm. xxiv. 240 More can be pleaded for such a Metaphysical innovation, then can for a specifical diversity among our Predicamental Opposites. 1681R. Wittie Surv. Heavens 38 God is an infinite Essence that highly transcends all Predicamental Notions. 1715M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. Pref. 5 The whole Predicamental Climax, or different Gradations of Beings, Persons, Times and Places. 1843Mill Logic i. vi. §4 From the main trunk of the Predicamental Tree, which included nothing but what was of the essence of the species.
Hence predicaˈmentally adv.
c1600Timon v. iv. (Shaks. Soc.) 88 Wee say thou art an asse trancendentallie, not prædicamentally. 1727–41[see predicably]. |