Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being emphatic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being emphatic; emphasis.
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- noun The quality of being
emphatic ;emphasis .
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Examples
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I hope, at least, that by the light of this spark he may apprehend the emphaticalness of all the expressions used in this place to be pointed towards the particular case under consideration, and not in the least to be expressive of the possibility he contends for.
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966
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He adds, therefore, p. 276, “To say that God putteth a case in such solemnity and emphaticalness of words and phrase as are remarkable all along in the carriage of the place in hand, of which there is no possibility that it should ever happen or be exemplified in reality of event, and this in vindication of himself and the equity of his dealings and proceedings with men, is to bring a scandal and reproach of weakness upon that infinite wisdom of his which magnifies itself in all his works; which also is so much the more unworthy and unpardonable when there is a sense commodious, every way worthy as well the infinite wisdom as the goodness of God, pertinent and proper to the occasion he hath in hand, which offers itself plainly and clearly.”
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966
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