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Webster 1913 Edition
Conditional
Con-di′tion-al
,Adj.
[L.
conditionalis
.] 1.
Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms;
as, a
. conditional
promiseEvery covenant of God with man . . . may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this
conditional
punishment annexed and declared. Bp. Warburton.
2.
(Gram. & Logic)
Expressing a condition or supposition;
as, a
. conditional
word, mode, or tenseA
conditional
proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. Whately.
The words hypothetical and
conditional
may be . . . used synonymously. J. S. Mill.
Con-di′tion-al
,Noun.
1.
A limitation.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
2.
A conditional word, mode, or proposition.
Disjunctives may be turned into
conditionals
. L. H. Atwater.
Webster 1828 Edition
Conditional
CONDITIONAL
,Adj.
1.
Containing or depending on a condition or conditions; made with limitations; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms. A conditional promise is one which is to be performed, when something else stipulated is done or has taken place. A conditional fee, in law, is one which is granted upon condition, that if the donee shall die without such particular heirs as are specified, the estate shall revert to the donor. Hence it is a fee restrained to particular heirs, to the exclusion of others.2.
In grammar and logic, expressing a condition or supposition; as a conditional word, mode, or tense; a conditional syllogism.CONDITIONAL
,Noun.