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Webster 1913 Edition
Specific
Spe-cif′ic
,Noun.
1.
(Med.)
A specific remedy. See , 3.
Specific
, Adj.
His parents were weak enough to believe that the royal touch was a
specific
for this malady. Macaulay.
2.
Anything having peculiar adaption to the purpose to which it is applied.
Dr. H. More.