Hypertext Webster Gateway: "metaphysical"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Metaphysical \Met`a*phys"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. m['e]taphysique. See
{Metaphysics}.]
1. Of or pertaining to metaphysics.
2. According to rules or principles of metaphysics; as,
metaphysical reasoning.
3. Preternatural or supernatural. [Obs.]
The golden round *Which fate and metaphysical aid
doth seem To have thee crowned withal. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
metaphysical
adj 1: pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics; "metaphysical
philosophy"
2: without material form or substance; "metaphysical forces"
3: highly abstract and over-theoretical; "metaphysical
reasoning"
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