the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Specific
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(a.) Anything having peculiar adaption to the purpose to which it is applied.
(2):
(n.) A specific remedy. See Specific, a., 3.
(3):
(a.) Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the body; preventing or curing disease by a peculiar adaption, and not on general principles; as, quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria.
(4):
(a.) Specifying; definite, or making definite; limited; precise; discriminating; as, a specific statement.
(5):
(a.) Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property or properties of a thing which constitute its species, and distinguish it from other things; as, the specific form of an animal or a plant; the specific qualities of a drug; the specific distinction between virtue and vice.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Specific'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/specific.html. 1828.
