Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to the chase; pertaining to hunting; venatic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Or or pertaining to hunting; venatic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, pertaining to or involved in
hunting or thechase .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Moreover, to mark the characteristic feature of the new conception of science there is the manual activity that accompanies the role of science as a “hunter,” its “venatorial” function, to use a term dear to the language of Bacon's day.
WORK FELICE BATTAGLIA 1968
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Her main personal experience was in the social class which is primitively venatorial still, canine under its polish.
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868
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Her main personal experience was in the social class which is primitively venatorial still, canine under its polish.
Diana of the Crossways — Complete George Meredith 1868
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Her main personal experience was in the social class which is primitively venatorial still, canine under its polish.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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