intrinsical

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(adj): vs. extrinsic), intrinsical -- (belonging to a thing by its very nature more ...

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  1. Same as intrinsic. So intrinsical is every man unto himself, that some doubt may be made, whether any would exchange his being. Sir T. Browne, Letter to a Friend. How far God hath given Satan power to do good for the blinding of evill men, or what intrinsecall operations he found out, I cannot now dispute. A. Wilson, Autobiography. He falls into intrinsecal society with Sir John Graham, … who dissuaded him from marriage. Sir H. Wotton.
  2. That which is intrinsic or interior; inward being, thought, etc. This history will display the very intrinsicals of the Castilian, who goes for the prime Spaniard. Howell, Letters, iv. 11.

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  • To detect its imperfections was no easy task; to lay the foundations of virtue in utility, and to limit, by that scale, the operation of general principles; to see that the value of sincerity, like that of every other mode of action, consisted in its tendency to good, and that, therefore the obligation to speak truth was not paramount or intrinsical: that my duty is modelled on a knowledge and foresight of the conduct of others; and that, since men in their actual state, are infirm and deceitful, a just estimate of consequences may sometimes make dissimulation my duty were truths that did not speedily occur. —  Memoirs of Carwin, the Biloquist
  • Which hath Guineas intrinsical in't, —  The Beggar's Opera to which is prefixed the Musick to each Song
  • All men are intrinsical rascals, and I am only sorry that, not being a dog, I can't bite them. —  Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals
  • (adj): vs. extrinsic), intrinsical -- (belonging to a thing by its very nature more ... —  Errata: The Wordie Blog
  • I will admit that it's faded over the years and isn't as strong as it was in the past, but the American Street still, by and large, views its elected officials as hired help, rather than a ruling class, because the USA is a non-intrinsical class system. —  Thought Mesh
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  1. Prop., as formerly, intrinsecal; from intrinsic + -al.
 

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