单词 | fundative |
释义 | fundativeadj. Now rare. Having the quality or power of founding or originating something. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [adjective] > originating issant?c1485 principianta1631 originanta1641 principiative1650 originating1668 fundative1677 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 14 The Divine Bonitie..is..constitutive and fundative of althings [Gk. ὡς ἀκρότατον ὑϕέστηκε πανταχοῦ]. 1678 E. Polhill Speculum Theologiae iv. 51 Neither was it only confirmative of the Covenant, but fundative. 1871 Sun & Central Press 30 Nov. 12/1 Yet his fundative principle is correct. 1984 U. Eco Semiotics & Philos. Lang. (1986) vii. x. 216 This inference is not dissimilar from the fundative inference that rules our relationship with our own senses: if I see something, then it means that there there is something. 2011 T. Stoppani Paradigm Islands ii. 20 The persistence and effectiveness of fundative rules that allow for change within continuity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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