单词 | pre-indesignate |
释义 | † pre-indesignateadj. Logic. Obsolete. In W. R. Hamilton's terminology: (of a proposition) having no explicit sign of quantity; (of a term) having no sign of quantity prefixed. Opposed to predesignate adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > term of a proposition > [adjective] > relating to quantity quantified?1591 pre-indesignate1846 predefinite1847 predesignate1847 predesignatory1852 1846 W. Hamilton Let. to De Morgan 2 The preindesignate terms of a proposition, whether subject or predicate, are never, on that account, thought as indefinite (or indeterminate) in quantity. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) III. xiii. 244 Propositions have either..their quantity..marked out by a verbal sign, or they have not; such quantity being involved in every actual thought. They may be called in the one case (a) Predesignate; in the other (b) Preindesignate. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Logic (1863) xiv. 175 These preindesignate propositions are either definite or indefinite, and quite as definite or indefinite in meaning, as if their quantity had been expressly marked out by the predesignatory terms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1846 |
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