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单词 procatarctical
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procatarcticaladj.

Brit. /ˌprəʊkəˈtɑːktᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌproʊkəˈtɑrktᵻkl/
Forms: 1600s procatarcticall, 1600s procatarticall, 1600s– procatarctical.
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin procatarcticus , -al suffix1; Greek προκαταρκτικός , -al suffix1.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin procatarcticus or its etymon Hellenistic Greek προκαταρκτικός procatarctic adj. + -al suffix1.
rare in later use.
= procatarctic adj. 2.
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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).
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