Word Meanings - PROSYLOGISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A syllogism preliminary or logically essential to another syllogism; the conclusion of such a syllogism, which becomes a premise of the following syllogism.

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• ANOTHER-GUESS
  Of another sort. It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot.
• FOLLOWING EDGE
  See ABOVE
• PREMISE
  Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn. Note: "All sinners deserve punishment: A B is a sinner." These propositions, which are the premises, being true or admitted, the conclusion follows, that A
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• PRELIMINARY
  Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary articles to a treaty; preliminary measures; preliminary examinations. Syn. -- Introductory; preparatory;
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• ESSENTIAL
  Necessary; indispensable; -- said of those tones which constitute a chord, in distinction from ornamental or passing tones. (more info) 1. Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is. Majestic as the
• FOLLOWING
  1. One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively. Macaulay. 2. Vocation; business; profession.
• ANOTHER
  1. One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect. Another yet! -- a seventh! I 'll see no more. Shak. Would serve to scale another Hero's tower. Shak. 2. Not the same; different. He winks,
• FOLLOWING SURFACE
  See ABOVE
• ESSENTIALITY
  The quality of being essential; the essential part. Jer. Taylor.
• ESSENTIALNESS
  Essentiality. Ld. Digby.
• ANOTHER-GAINES
  Of another kind. Sir P. Sidney.
• LOGICALLY
  In a logical manner; as, to argue logically.
• CONCLUSION
  The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premises. See Syllogism. He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion. Addison. 5. Drawing
• SYLLOGISM
  The regular logical form of every argument, consisting of three propositions, of which the first two are called the premises, and the last, the conclusion. The conclusion necessarily follows from the premises; so that, if these are true,
• ESSENTIALLY
  In an essential manner or degree; in an indispensable degree; really; as, essentially different.
• ANOTHER-GATES
  Of another sort. "Another-gates adventure." Hudibras.
• FOLLOWER
  1. One who follows; a pursuer; an attendant; a disciple; a dependent associate; a retainer. 2. A sweetheart; a beau. A. Trollope. The removable flange, or cover, of a piston. See Illust. of Piston. A gland. See Illust. of Stuffing box.
• FOLLOW
  fylgan; akin to D. volgen, OHG. folg, G. folgen, Icel. fylgja, Sw. 1. To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with ; to accompany; to attend. It waves me forth again; I'll follow it. Shak. 2. To endeavor
• MISCONCLUSION
  An erroneous inference or conclusion. Bp. Hall.
• PHYSIOLOGICALLY
  In a physiological manner.
• NEOLOGICALLY
  , adv. In a neological manner.
• GEOLOGICALLY
  In a geological manner.
• PETROLOGICALLY
  According to petrology.
• MINERALOGICALLY
  According to the principles of, or with reference to, mineralogy.
• DIALOGICALLY
  In the manner or nature of a dialogue. Goldsmith.
• INESSENTIAL
  1. Having no essence or being. H. Brooke. The womb of inessential Naught. Shelley. 2. Not essential; unessential.
• ONTOLOGICALLY
  In an ontological manner.
• ZOOLOGICALLY; ZOOELOGICALLY
  In a zoölogical manner; according to the principles of zoölogy.