Definition of Rhematic

1. a. Having a verb for its base; derived from a verb; as, rhematic adjectives.

2. n. The doctrine of propositions or sentences.

Definition of Rhematic

1. Noun. The doctrine of propositions or sentences. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rhematic

1. pertaining to a verb [adj] - See also: verb

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhematic

rhea
rheae
rheas
rhebok
rheboks
rhedarium
rheeboc
rhegma
rhegmatogenous
rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
rheic
rheic acid
rhein
rheinberries
rheinberry
rhematic (current term)
rheme
rhemes
rhemish
rhenian
rhenium
rheniums
rheo-
rheobase
rheobases
rheobasic
rheocardiography
rheochord
rheochrysidin
rheocord

Literary usage of Rhematic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1881)
"He either believes that man of the rhematic and Dialectic period had no myths at ... For it is obvious that if man in the rhematic and Dialectic stages of ..."

2. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1881)
"He either believes that man of the rhematic and Dialectic period had no myths at ... For it is obvious that if man in the rhematic and Dialectic stages of ..."

3. Fraser's Magazine by Robert Louis Stevenson (1881)
"He either believes that man of the rhematic and Dialectic period had no myths at ... For it is obvious that if man in the rhematic and Dialectic stages of ..."

4. On English Adjectives in -able: With Special Reference to Reliable by Fitzedward Hall (1877)
"... on the classical exemplars either of those words or of our own which correspond to them. The Romans had, as passive rhematic adjectives, among hundreds, ..."

5. Circulars by Johns Hopkins University (1882)
"Had is a nominal verb in the sense of "deem," "hold," "consider," and tho infinitive with or without the rhematic sign to is used as a verbal noun, ..."

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