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Webster 1913 Edition
Categorical
Catˊe-gor′ic-al
,Adj.
1.
Of or pertaining to a category.
2.
Not hypothetical or relative; admitting no conditions or exceptions; declarative; absolute; positive; express;
as, a
. categorical
proposition, or answerThe scriptures by a multitude of
categorical
and intelligible decisions . . . distinguish between the things seen and temporal and those that are unseen and eternal. I. Taylor.
Webster 1828 Edition
Categorical
CATEGORICAL
, a.1.
Pertaining to a category.2.
Absolute; positive; express; not relative or hypothetical; as a categorical proposition, syllogism or answer.