proposita

Plural of propositum. proposition (prop-o-zish'on), n. [ The ample proposition that hope makes In all designs begun on earth below Fails in the promised largene . Shak., T. and C., i. 3. 3. Gums fit for incense, and oblations for the altar of propo sition . Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 677. 2. That which is proposed; that which is of fered for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; a proposal; offer of terms: commonly in the plural: as, propositions of peace. The Govern our and council of Plimouth returned an swerable courteous acceptance of their loving propositions N. Morton, New England's Memorial, p. 133. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-1115.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1116.png:[blocks in formation] tion consisting of two or more propositions, a ociated copulatively, disjunctively, conditionally, or otherwise. - Comprehensive proposition, a proposition in which the subject is regarded as a whole of logical comprehen- sion including the predicate as a part.- Conditional, conflictive, contradictory, contrary proposition. See the adjectives. - Contrariety of propositions. See contrariety . - Converted proposition, converting proposition. See convert. - Copulative proposition, a proposition consisting of parts united by a copulative conjunction; a composite proposition. - Correlative proposition. See correlative. - Cumulative proposi- tion, a proposition regarded as a compound of singu lar propositions, united conjunctively or disjunctively. Thus, "every man is mortal" is cumulative, as implying the first, the second, the third, etc., man to be, each of them, mortal. Descriptive proposition. See descrip- tive. Dialectic proposition. (a) A probable interro- gation; a problem suitable for discu ion. (b) An a ump- tion of what appears likely. - Dilemmatic, discretive, disjunct, disjunctive, divided proposition. See the adjectives.- Dual proposition. Same as binary propo- sition . See binary enunciation , under binary . - Elemen- plicative, explicatory, explicit, exponent, exponi-** ble, extensive, false proposition. See the adjectives. -Finite proposition, a proposition whose predicate is not an infinitated term. - Form of a proposition. See form. Fundamental, hypothetical, hypothetico- disjunctive, identical, incident proposition. See the adjectives. - Impo ible proposition, a proposition which cannot be true. Indefinite proposition. See indefinite . Infinite proposition, a proposition whose predicate, affirmed of its subject, has the form of a neg a- tive: as, Every devil is non-human. Intensive propo- sition. See intensive . - Inventive proposition, a prop- osition de ine e. - Loaves of propositiont, in Jewish antiq ., the showbread. Under this fair heauen there was the holy table, vppon whiche was set the holy bread, called the loaves of proposition . Guevara , Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 351. Local proposition. See local . - Major proposition, a major premise. - Minor proposition, a minor premise. - Modal, nece ary, negative proposition. See the adjectives. - Numerically definite proposition, a prop- osition which states how many objects, at least, there are of a given description. - Obligistic proposition, a propo- sition which has to be admitted in disputation owing to institution, petition, position, deposition, dubitation, or truth. Opposite propositions, propositions having the same terms but not identical: as, Some woman is mother of some man; Some woman is mother of each man; Some woman is mother of every man; Every woman is mother of some man; All women are mothers of one man; Every woman is mother of every man. - Particular, perfect, practical, principal, privative proposition. See the adjectives. - Po ible proposition. Same as problematic proposition . - Predicative proposition. Same as cate- tion stating with more or le determinacy how often within a certain genus of events a certain specific event would be found to occur, in a given range of experience. - Problematic proposition, a proposition a erting something to be po ible in some sense. - Proposition de ine e. Sce def. 3. - Proposition de nece ario, a prop osition thought to be nece ary. Such propositions were di- vided by the old logicians into ( a ) propositions de nece ario conditional i , which stated something to be nece arily true, provided a certain condition held; (b) propositions de ne- ce ario quando , which stated something to be nece arily true at specified times; and (c) propositions de nece ario simpliciter , or categorical apodictic propositions. The lat- were further divided into propositions de nece ario sim pliciter pro nunc , or propositions stating something to be nece arily true now, and propositions de nece ario sim- pliciter pro semper , stating something to be always neces- sarily true. Proposition de omni, a universal proposi- tion. Proposition in sensu compos i to, a proposition in which the expre ion of the mode is attached to the subject or predicate. Such a proposition, as remarked by Scotus, is not, properly speaking, a modal but an or- dinary proposition concerning po ibility. - Proposition in sensu divi so, a proposition in which the expre ion of the mode is attached to the copula. - Proposition per se, a proposition which a erts something to be e entially true-that is, the universe is a universe of e ences, not of existences. Four modes of such propositions are recog- nized by Aristotle: first, where the predicate is involved in the idea of the subject; second, where the subject is involved in the idea of the predicate; while the third and fourth modes are respectively modes of existing and of caus- ing.-Propositions of second adjacent, of third adja- cent. See adjacent . - Pure proposition, a proposition not modal.-Pythagorean proposition. See Pythagore an. - Quantified proposition, a proposition in which the manner of selecting the subject is fully expre ed. Ra- tional proposition, a hypothetical proposition in which several categoric als are united by a causal conjunction.- Reciprocating proposition, one which a erts two terms to be coextensive: as, "Man" is identical with "rational animal."-Relative proposition, a proposition whose predicate is a relative term. - Remotive proposition. See remotive . Restrictive proposition, a proposition with a restrictive clause: as, Christ, in his divine nature, is omnipresent. Simple proposition. (a) Properly, a proposition whose predicate is simple: as, There is a man. (b) Usually, a categorical proposition, or one expre ed by means of a noun and a verb, as contradistinguished from a conditional proposition . Singular proposition, a propo- sition whose subjects are single individuals: as, Cain killed Abel. Spurious proposition, a proposition one of the subjects of which is a character designated as one of those which belong to a given group. Thus, from the premises, Every European wants some character of Americans, and Every nobleman po e es some character other than those that are common to Americans, we can infer, first, that every European wants some character different from some character common to noblemen, and that every noble- man po e es a character different from some character wanting to every European. These are spurious propo- sitions. - Statistical proposition, a proposition which To speak is not merely to utter words, but to proposi- tionize . Lancet , No. 3476, p. 787. propositum (prō-poz'i-tum), n . [ML., pro- positum , the first premise of a syllogism, an argument, neut. of propositus , pp. of proponere , set forth: see propose , v . , and purpose , n .] In medieval universities, a disputation concern- ing the canon law, which had to be performed by every bachelor in law. pro post scutellar (prō-post-skū'te-lär), a. [ pro posts cut ell - um + -ar3 . ] Of or pertaining to the pro post scutellum. pro post scutellum (prō-post-skū-tel'um), n .; pl. pro post scutella (-a). [NL., pro , before, + NL. post scutellum , q. v.] In entom ., the post- scutellum of the pronotum; the post scutellar sclerite of the prothorax. If then he [the offender] appear not, they banish him, and propound a reward according to the greatne of the offence. Sandys , Travailes, p. 6. Give me leave to propound to you a second question. Bunyan , Pilgrim's Progre , p. 150. 2. Among Congregationalists, to propose or name as a candidate for admi ion to member- ship in a church. propræscutal propræscutal, a. See pro pre scutal. propræscutum (prō-pre-skūtum), n.; pl. pro præscuta (-tä). [NL., pretorial. proprætor, proprætorial. See propretor, propropret, propretet. Middle English forms of proper, property. pro pre scutal, propræscutal (prō-prē-skūʼtal), [ a.