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Abjunctive

Ab-junc′tive

,
Adj.
[L.
abjunctus
, p. p. of
abjungere
;
ab
+
jungere
to join.]
Exceptional.
[R.]
It is this power which leads on from the accidental and
abjunctive
to the universal.
I. Taylor.

Definition 2024


abjunctive

abjunctive

English

Adjective

abjunctive (comparative more abjunctive, superlative most abjunctive)

  1. (rare) Exceptional, isolated, disconnected, separate,
    • 1883, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening, J.P. Haven, page 270:
      It is this power which leads on always from the less perfect, towards the more perfect; — from the accidental and abjunctive, to the universal ; or from []
    • 1973, United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, U.S. G.P.O, page 268:
      The therapeutic programs provided include chemotherapy, electroshock, Individual, group and family psychotherapy, abjunctive therapy, medical and nursing
    • 1996, Cianchetti E; Legnini M; Ucchino S; Ricci A; Scipione P; Grossi S; Scotti U; Napolitano L, “Gynecomastia (report)”, in Annali italiani di chirurgia, page 499:
      The authors present their experience concerning 47 patients: 27 were surgical treated with subcutaneous subtotal mastectomy and 18 had an abjunctive liposuction treatment with good results.