| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Relating to hypostasis, or substance; hence, constitutive, or elementary.[Websters]
2. Personal, or distinctly personal; relating to the divine hypostases, or substances.[Websters] 3. Depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting; as, hypostatic cognestion, cognestion due to setting of blood by gravitation.[Websters] 4. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb hypostatically.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (hypostatically) | 1. In a hypostatic manner.[Websters]. 2. In an essential or intrinsic manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HYPOSTATICAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1651. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HYPOSTATICAL
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Relating to hypostasis; constitutive. Let our Carneades warn men not to subscribe to the grand doctrine of the chimists, touching their three hypostatical principles, till they have a little examined it. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
