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categoric, a. (n.) ? Obs.|kætɪˈgɒrɪk| [ad. L. catēgoricus, a. Gr. κατηγορικός accusatory, affirmative, (later) categorical, f. κατήγορ-ος accuser; see categorem and -ic.] A. adj. = categorical.
1678Gale Crt. Gentiles III. 162 None is more categoric and positive in this than judicious Davenant. a1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. xxxviii. 317 Predicamental and Catagorick fool. a1797H. Walpole Mem. Geo. II (1847) II. vii. 240 She gave him an evasive answer. He demanded a categoric one. B. n. A categorical proposition or statement.
1677Gale Crt. Gentiles II. iv. Proem 12 A Dilemma..consistes of a disjunctive syllogisme..and two Categorics. a1734North Exam. ii. v. ⁋146. 407 He..comes up to the Categoric very roundly, saying And so it was really and in Effect. 1839New Monthly Mag. LV. 548. |