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Webster 1913 Edition


Analogism

A-nal′o-gism

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] course of reasoning, fr. [GREEK] to think over, to calculate]
1.
(Logic)
an argument from the cause to the effect; an a priori argument.
Johnson.
2.
Investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each other.
Crabb.

Webster 1828 Edition


Analogism

ANAL'OGISM

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Noun.
[Gr.] An argument from the cause to the effect.
Investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each other.