单词 | procatarctical |
释义 | procatarcticaladj. rare in later use. = procatarctic adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > of or relating to types of cause nigh1551 next1581 procatarctical1601 procatarctic1603 objective1620 defective1624 univocala1640 proximate1641 propinque1649 proxime1649 proegumene1650 proegumenal1656 con-causal1660 proegumenical1663 propinquate1665 proegumenous1676 synectical1697 proegumenic1711 proximous1724 proximal1828 synectic1869 monocausal1937 the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > of or relating to types of cause > primary (of cause) first-movingc1405 procatarctical1601 procatarctic1633 primar1642 1601 Bp. W. Barlow Def. Protestants Relig. 92 The procatarcticall, or first moouing cause. 1636 T. Goodwin Childe of Light ii. 21 God often useth even the guilt of that very sinne to terrifie thee..it is both the procatarticall cause, and executioner also. 1654 T. Warren Vnbeleevers 46 His death was..looked upon..as the procatarctical, or outward moving cause of the transient act of God in justification. 1701 tr. F. Burgersdijck Introd. Art Logick i. xvii. 64 The Procatarctical with them is the External and Evident Cause. 1855 E. Everett Oration delivered Fourth July 36 It was opposed on various grounds, but the ‘procatarctical’ reason (as Hubbard somewhat learnedly expresses it) was, that so many of its inhabitants could not safely be spared from the Bay. 1943 R. Graves Story Marie Powell xviii. 247 Yet I believe you to be the procatarctical cause—I mean that the extrinsic cause which, though unwittingly, excites the principal cause to action. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1601 |
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