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Webster 1913 Edition


Peirastic

Pei-ras′tic

(pī̍-răs′tĭk)
,
Adj.
[Gr.
πειραστικός
, fr.
πειρᾶν
to try, fr.
πεῖρα
a trial.]
Fitted for trial or test; experimental; tentative; treating of attempts.

Webster 1828 Edition


Peirastic

PEIRAS'TIC

,
Adj.
[Gr. to strain, to attempt.] Attempting; making trial.
1.
Treating of or representing trials or attempts; as the peirastic dialogues of Plato.

Definition 2024


peirastic

peirastic

English

Adjective

peirastic

  1. (dated) experimental or tentative