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Definition: EPISYLLOGISM

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A syllogism which assumes as one of its premises a proposition which was the conclusion of a preceding syllogism, called, in relation to this, the prosyllogism.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Episyllogism" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Episyllogism \Ep`i*syl"lo*gism\, noun. [Prefix epi- syllogism.]. (references)

Definition: EPISYLLOGISM

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A syllogism which assumes as one of its premises a proposition which was the conclusion of a preceding syllogism, called, in relation to this, the prosyllogism.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "EPISYLLOGISM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Episyllogism \Ep`i*syl"lo*gism\, noun. [Prefix epi- syllogism.]. (references)