apostemate, apostume

i. [Eng. apostem; -ate.] To become an apostem or absce . (Wiseman: Surgery.) IMG:content-0623.png:[blocks in formation] a-pos-těmed, a. [APOSTEM, 8.] Corrupted. (Gentleman Instructed, 252.) ap-os-těm ́-a-to us, a . [Gr. ἀπόστεματος ( apostematos ), gen it. of ἀπόστημα ( apostēma ), and suff. -ous.) Pertaining to an absce or apostem; resembling an absce . [APOSTEM.] ā pos-tër-i-ö'r-i, used as a. & adv . [From Lat. a from, and posterior i , ablative of posterior, compar. of poster us = following after, next.] Logic ( lit. from that which is after): An argument which reasons backward from effects to causes, from observed facts to the law of nature which explains them, or in some If one infer, from marks of similar way. design in nature, that there must be a Designer, the argument is one à posterior i . It is opposed to the à prior i argument, which more ambitiously attempts to reason out new facts from previously ascertained laws of nature, or from abstract conceptions. Though this latter proce will sometimes brilliantly anticipate discovery, yet it is liable to lead one astray; and the immense advance made during the last two centuries by physical science has arisen mainly from its resolute adherence to the à posterior i method of reasoning. [A PRIORI, DEDUCTION, INDUCTION.] ta-pos-til, ta-pos'-till, 8. [Fr. apostille = (1) a postscript, (2) a recommendation; Sp. & Port. a post ill a .] A postscript. ( Webster .)