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Webster 1913 Edition
Politic
Pol′i-tic
,Adj.
[L.
politicus
political, Gr. [GREEK] belonging to the citizens or to the state, fr.[GREEK] citizen: cf. F. politique
. See Police
, and cf. ePolitical
.] 1.
Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government; political;
as, the body
. See under politic
Body
. He with his people made all but one
politic
body. Sir P. Sidney.
2.
Pertaining to, or promoting, a policy, especially a national policy; well-devised; adapted to its end, whether right or wrong; – said of things;
“Enrich’d with politic grave counsel.” as, a
. politic
treatyShak.
3.
Sagacious in promoting a policy; ingenious in devising and advancing a system of management; devoted to a scheme or system rather than to a principle; hence, in a good sense, wise; prudent; sagacious; and in a bad sense, artful; unscrupulous; cunning; – said of persons.
Politic
with my friend, smooth with mine enemy. Shakespeare
Syn. – Wise; prudent; sagacious; discreet; provident; wary; artful; cunning.
Polˊi-tic
,Noun.
A politician.
[Archaic]
Bacon.
Swiftly the
Slowly the statesman and sure, guiding his feet by the stars.
politic
goes; is it dark? he borrows a lantern;Slowly the statesman and sure, guiding his feet by the stars.
Lowell.
Webster 1828 Edition
Politic
POL'ITIC
,Adj.
1.
Wise; prudent and sagacious in devising and pursuing measures adapted to promote the public welfare; applied to persons; as a politic prince.2.
Well devised and adapted to the public prosperity; applied to things. This land was famously enriched
With politic grave counsel.
3.
Ingenious in devising and pursuing any scheme of personal or national aggrandizement, without regard to the morality of the measure; cunning; artful; sagacious in adapting means to the end, whether good or evil. I have been politic with my friend, smooth with my enemy.
4.
Well devised; adapted to its end, right or wrong.Definition 2024
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See also: politic
Catalan
Adjective
polític m (feminine política, masculine plural polítics, feminine plural polítiques)