Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A syllogism having for one of its premises the conclusion of another syllogism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Logic) A syllogism which assumes as one of its premises a proposition which was the conclusion of a preceding syllogism, called, in relation to this, the prosyllogism.
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- noun logic A
syllogism which assumes as one of itspremises aproposition which was theconclusion of a preceding syllogism (theprosyllogism ).
Etymologies
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epi- + syllogism
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