† synonymaladj.n.
Obsolete.
A. adj.
Synonymous.
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synonymous1610
synonymal1613
reciprocal1616
consignificanta1641
synonymical1645
1613 T. Jackson Eternall Truth Script. ii. xxx. §19 (margin) In matters of knowledge or belief, reason and cause are synonymall.
1641 H. L'Estrange Gods Sabbath 65 In its remotest latitude of signification it is synonymall with what Civilians call Jus Gentium, or the Law of Nations.
1659 O. Walker Some Instr. Art of Oratory 95 Repetitions..and enlargements by synonymal words.
B. n.
A synonym.
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synonym?a1475
synonymy1609
equivalent1651
synonymal1662
duplicate1839
1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 191 The Fume of Minerals, by reason of its malignity, & an Arsenical poyson, have become Sunonymalls or things of one name: to wit, the Arsenick, and smoakie vapour, and smoak of Metalls fall together or agree in one.
1688 R. L'Estrange Brief Hist. Times III. 304 The Synonymals one upon the Neck of Another, savour more of the Skill of the Clark, then of the Faith of the Reporter.
Derivatives
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equivalently1545
reciprocately1577
synonymically1599
synonymally1641
reciprocally1658
synonymously1659
interchangeably1871
1641 H. Spelman De Sepultura 16 In this manner the fifth Canon either useth them [sc. ‘exact’ and ‘demand’] Synonimally, or [etc.].
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