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(1):

(a.) 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.

(2):

(n.) A politician.

(3):

(a.) Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government; political; as, the body politic. See under Body.

(4):

(a.) Pertaining to, or promoting, a policy, especially a national policy; well-devised; adapted to its end, whether right or wrong; - said of things; as, a politic treaty.