† connexedadj.
Obsolete.
1. Connected.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > [adjective] > forming an unbroken series
continual1557
sequent1609
connexed1614
connex1653
straight1971
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > [adjective]
colligate1471
copulate?a1475
connect1578
connexed1614
connex1653
connected1712
1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 100 Diuers relations, but most absurdly connext.
1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xiii. §2. 202 All kindes of corporall Diseases, whether Acute, Chronicke..simple, compound, connexed or consequent.
1692 A. Wood Fasti Oxonienses in Athenæ Oxonienses II. (R.) The putting of our old authors neatly together in a connex'd story.
1705 J. Philips Bleinheim 7 Large globous Irons fly..By Chains connex't.
2. Logic. = connex adj. 2.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [adjective] > conditional or hypothetical
conditional1532
connexive1587
hypothetical1588
connex1589
connexed1628
substitutive1656
future contingent1659
hypothetica1680
theoretic1789
conjunctivea1856
counterfactual1946
contrafactual1950
1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 236 The other Connext proposition, viz. If righteousnes be by the &c. is yet more difficult.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. v. 16 The fallacie of the consequent..is usually committed, when in connexed propositions the termes adhere contingently. View more context for this quotation
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