Webster's 1913 Dictionary\Ma*ieu"tic\, Maieutical \Ma*ieu"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? midwife.] 1. Serving to assist childbirth. --Cudworth. 2. Fig. : Aiding, or tending to, the definition and interpretation of thoughts or language. --Payne.
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| Definition: | \Ma*ieu"tic\, Maieutical \Ma*ieu"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? midwife.] 1. Serving to assist childbirth. --Cudworth. 2. Fig. : Aiding, or tending to, the definition and interpretation of thoughts or language. --Payne. | ||
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