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seminally, adv. ? Now rare.|ˈsɛmɪnəlɪ|
[f. seminal a. + -ly2.]
In a seminal state or manner; as a seed, germ, or reproductive element; in the form or state of seed; as regards germination or reproduction. Chiefly fig.
1634Jackson Creed vii. vii. Wks. VII. 35 All prediction of contingents to come, or of events not as yet seminally extant in their natural causes was from divine inspiration. 1640Bp. Reynolds Passions xxxii. 394 If the Soule be seminally traduced, it must be either from the body, or from the soule of the Parents. 1675Baxter Cath. Theol. ii. v. 105 Why am I guilty of what Adam did, but because I have a nature that was seminally in him? 1772Fletcher Logica Genev. 150 If we all received an unspeakable injury by being seminally in Adam when he fell..we all received also an unspeakable blessing by being in his loins when God spiritually raised him up. 1847A. M'Lean Comm. Hebr. I. vii. 264 Levi..may be said to have been seminally in the loins of Abraham when Melchisedec met him. 1887Gladstone in 19th Cent. Jan. 2 Homer..is..also a great dramatist, and contains within him seminally the drama of his country. |