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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

ocularis

ocularius

, fr.

oculus

the eye: cf. F.

oculaire

. See

, and cf.

Depending on, or perceived by, the eye; received by actual sight; personally seeing or having seen;

as,

ocular

proof

Shak.

Thomas was an

ocular

witness of Christ’s death.

South.

(Anat.)

Of or pertaining to the eye; optic.

Noun.

(Opt.)

The eyepiece of an optical instrument, as of a telescope or microscope.

Adj.

[L. ocularius, from oculus, eye.]

Depending on the eye; known by the eye; received by actual sight; as ocular proof; ocular demonstration or evidence.