forensical
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin forēnsis + -ical.[1]
Adjective
[edit]forensical (comparative more forensical, superlative most forensical)
- (rare) forensic
- 1677, T. M., “To every Sea-man sailing Heavenward”, in John Flavel, Navigation Spiritualized: or, A New Compass for Sea-men, […], London: […] J. C. for Thomas Fabian, […], →OCLC, signature [A8], recto:
- THe Art of Navigation (by which Iſlands eſpecially are enriched, and preſerved in ſafety from Forenſical Invaſions, and the wonderful works of God in the great Deep, and Foreign Nations are moſt delightfully and fully beheld, &c.) is an Art of exquiſite excellency, ingenuity, rarity, and mirability: […]
References
[edit]- ^ “forensical, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
