Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an ideographic manner: as, a sentence expressed ideographically.
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- adverb In an
ideographic way.
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- adverb in an idiographic manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is the god who is represented ideographically (ilu) A-a, but ordinarily pronounced Malik, though the expression should be read Ai or Ia (Ya).
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The proper names of the numerous business documents of the Khammurabi period, when phonetic writing was the fashion, have been of special value in resolving doubts as to the correct reading of names written ideographically.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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Babylonian-Assyrian proper names -- we have variant readings, the same name being written phonetically in whole or part in one instance and ideographically in another.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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A second name of the city, which perhaps originally denoted a separate village or quarter, was Su-anna, and in later inscriptions it is often represented ideographically by E-ki, the pronunciation and meaning of which are uncertain.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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It is the god who is represented ideographically (ilu) A-a, but ordinarily pronounced Malik, though the expression should be read Ai or Ia (Ya).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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So fond were the Egyptians of their pictorial symbols used ideographically that they clung to them persistently throughout the entire period of Egyptian history.
A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume I: The Beginnings of Science 1904
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Plutarch says it means, but his method of reading them together is wrong, and it proves that he did not understand that hieroglyphics were used alphabetically as well as ideographically.
Legends of the Gods The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations 1895
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[220] The Igigi are designated ideographically as v plus ii, and Hommel
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891
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[313] Cylinder, l. 48, ideographically as Nin-men-an-na, 'lady of the heavenly crown.'
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891
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He is described ideographically as the 'good god.'
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891
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