Definition of proposition

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Proposition (n.) The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.

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Equipollency :: Equipollency (n.) Sameness of signification of two or more propositions which differ in language.
Doubt :: Doubt (v. i.) To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the negative or the affirmative proposition; to b e undetermined.
Contrary :: Contrary (n.) the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition incompatible with another; as, slender proofs which rather show the contrary. See Converse, n., 1..
Protasis :: Protasis (n.) A proposition; a maxim.
Conclusion :: Conclusion (n.) The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premises. See Syllogism.
Vote :: Vote (v. i.) To express or signify the mind, will, or preference, either viva voce, or by ballot, or by other authorized means, as in electing persons to office, in passing laws, regulations, etc., or in deciding on any proposition in which one has an interest with others..
Fully :: Fully (adv.) In a full manner or degree; completely; entirely; without lack or defect; adequately; satisfactorily; as, to be fully persuaded of the truth of a proposition..
Contradictory :: Contradictory (n.) propositions with the same terms, but opposed to each other both in quality and quantity..
Porime :: Porime (n.) A theorem or proposition so easy of demonstration as to be almost self-evident.
Recant :: Recant (v. i.) To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract; as, convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant..
A Posteriori :: A posteriori () Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning..
Alternative :: Alternative (n.) Either of two things or propositions offered to one's choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things are called alternatives..
Opponency :: Opponency (n.) The act of opening an academical disputation; the proposition of objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree..
Vague :: Vague (v. i.) Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition..
Barbara :: Barbara (n.) The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives.
Disjuncttion :: Disjuncttion (n.) A disjunctive proposition.
Enounce :: Enounce (v. t.) To announce; to declare; to state, as a proposition or argument..
Premise :: Premise (n.) A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
Discrete :: Discrete (a.) Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause; as, I resign my life, but not my honor, is a discrete proposition..
Belief :: Belief (n.) Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidence; as, belief of a witness; the belief of our senses..
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