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philology
(mass) | philology
- filológia |
philology
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Philology
(gcide) | Philology \Phi*lol"o*gy\ (f[i^]*l[o^]l"[-o]*j[y^]), n. [L.
philologia love of learning, interpretation, philology, Gr.
filologi`a: cf. F. philologie. See Philologer.]
1. Criticism; grammatical learning. [R.] --Johnson.
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2. The study of language, especially in a philosophical
manner and as a science; the investigation of the laws of
human speech, the relation of different tongues to one
another, and historical development of languages;
linguistic science.
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Note: Philology comprehends a knowledge of the etymology, or
origin and combination of words; grammar, the
construction of sentences, or use of words in language;
criticism, the interpretation of authors, the
affinities of different languages, and whatever relates
to the history or present state of languages. It
sometimes includes rhetoric, poetry, history, and
antiquities.
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3. A treatise on the science of language.
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philology
(wn) | philology
n 1: the humanistic study of language and literature [syn:
linguistics, philology] |
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philology
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philology
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comparative philology
(gcide) | Comparative \Com*par"a*tive\, a. [L. comparativus: cf. F.
comparatif.]
1. Of or pertaining to comparison. "The comparative faculty."
--Glanvill.
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2. Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the
comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy.
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3. Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or
absolute, as compared with another thing or state.
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The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold.
--Whewell.
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The bubble, by reason of its comparative levity to
the fluid that incloses it, would necessarily ascend
to the top. --Bentley.
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4. (Gram.) Expressing a degree greater or less than the
positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or
adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive
by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more
bright, or less bright.
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Comparative sciences, those which are based on a
comprehensive comparison of the range of objects or facts
in any branch or department, and which aim to study out
and treat of the fundamental laws or systems of relation
pervading them; as, comparative anatomy, {comparative
physiology}, comparative philology.
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Syphilology
(gcide) | Syphilology \Syph`i*lol"o*gy\, n. [Syphilis + -logy.]
That branch of medicine which treats of syphilis.
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philology
(wn) | philology
n 1: the humanistic study of language and literature [syn:
linguistics, philology] |
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