单词 | adductive |
释义 | adductiveadj. 1. Characterized by the bringing of something into or towards another; (originally and chiefly Theology) characterized by the bringing of the body of Christ into the bread during the Eucharist (by substitution rather than annihilation). historical in later use. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > eucharistic doctrines > transubstantiation > [adjective] transubstantial1567 adductive1593 transubstantiative1830 transubstantiatory1878 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [adjective] > leading towards adductive1855 1593 A. Willet Tetrastylon Papisticum iii. 135 Conuersio adductiua, a conuersion adductiue, when a thing is not produced that was before, but is onely brought to a place where it was not: & so is the breade adductiuely chaunged into the bodie of Christ in the sacrament. 1638 D. Featley Transubstant. Exploded 182 Suarez drives this nayle to the head, by a meere adductive action. 1654 Bp. J. Taylor Real Presence xi. 259 If we ask what conversion it is..at last it is found to be adductive. 1674 D. Brevint Saul & Samuel 411 For bringing their Imaginary Christ from Heaven; which is the English of their Adductive Motion. 1855 F. W. Faber Blessed Sacrament i. iv. 86 The mere adductive action of conferring a new location on our Lords' Body would not suffice to effect such a substantial conversion as the Church seems to demand by using the word Transubstantiation. 1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic 90 The achate, wealth adductive, and the mind Of the immortals gladdening. 1984 D. Burr Eucharistic Presence & Conversion vii. 96 It is..impossible to accept Seeberg's attempt to present Scotus's theory of adductive transubstantiation as essentially a doctrine of consubstantiation phrased in accordance with the demands of orthodoxy. 1997 L. Mackey Peregrinations of Word vii. 192 Transubstantiation is not a productive but an adductive change; it brings about a new presence of Christ, his absolute presence here at the consecrated species. 2. Anatomy and Zoology. That carries out adduction (adduction n.1 2); of, relating to, or of the nature of adduction. ΚΠ 1820 London Med. & Physical Jrnl. 43 240 Seven-tenths of them [sc. fractures of the fibula] affected the right leg; six-tenths arose as a result of violent adductive motions of the foot. 1863 Proc. Royal Soc. 1862–3 20 95 The first muscles which lose their power are the interosseous, which govern the adductive and abductive movements of the fingers. 1909 Post-graduate 62 260 The motion of the eye inward towards the nose..is aided by the action of the inferior and superior recti..their adductive power increasing as the eye turns in. 1981 Jrnl. Mammol. 62 459 Peccaries probably must exert tremendous forces with their adductive jaw muscles. 2007 Cortex 43 532/1 The right hand showed an adductive advantage, whereas the left hand showed an abductive advantage. 3. Inductive; of the nature of, or characterized by the use of, adduction (see adduction n.1 3). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adjective] testimonialc1430 evidential1610 witnessed1746 evidentiary1809 attestative1827 adductive1873 testatory1907 1873 B. F. Westcott On some Points in Relig. Office of Universities iii. 62 The method in the first case is deductive, in the second inductive, and in the third, if I may coin a word, adductive, for it reposes on the personal apprehension of a divine fellowship. 1890 Colorado College Stud. 1 17 Aristotle..says that we may justly ascribe to Socrates the introduction into science of inductive or adductive reasoning. 1925 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 27 Mar. 6/4 Each thought is either constructive or destructive in its nature and has the adductive quality. 1976 Western Hist. Q. 7 184 Within this framework the historian can work by selecting facts which form an explanatory paradigm; he practices adductive logic or reasoning, rather than inductive or deductive reasoning. 2007 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 10 Sept. 24 It [sc. history] is essentially different from other associated disciplines because of its adductive nature (speculative, imaginative, vicarious, persuasive) and its idiographic underpinning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1593 |
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