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deictic (dik'tik), a. [The reg. L. analogy would require * dictic (cf. apodictic ); Gr. δεικτικός, serving to show, vat , show, akin to AS. tæcan, E. teach : see teach .] In logic , direct: applied to reasoning which proves directly, and opposed to elenchic , which proves indirectly. Thirdly, into the "direct," and the "indirect" (or reductio ad absurdum); the deictic , and the elenctic, of Aristotle. Whately, Rhetoric, i. 2. deictically (dik'ti-kal-i), adv . With direct indication; in the manner of one who indicates or points out, especially with a finger or by a gesture of the hand. Our Saviour's prediction was.. categorically enunciative, verily I say unto you that one of you shall or will betray me, and he that dippeth, at that time when Christ it, deictically , i. e., Judas, is that person. Hammond , Works, I. 703. deid (ded), a. deid (dēd), n. A Scotch form of dead . A Scotch form of death . Ilka thing that lady took, Was like to be her deid . The Young Tamlane (Child's Ballads, I. 117). He was my father's deid .