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meth´od
n. [F. methode, L. methodus, fr. Gr. meqodos method, investigation following after; meta• after + ´odo•s way.]
1. An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as a method of teaching languages; a method of improving the mind. Addison.
2. Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual. “Though this be madness, yet there’s method in it.” Shak. “All method is a rational progress, a progress toward an end.” Sir W. Hamilton.
3. (Nat. Hist.) Classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objects according to certain common characteristics; as the method of Theophrastus; the method of Ray; the Linnaean method. Syn. — Order; system; rule; regularity; way; manner; mode; course; process; means. — Method, Mode, Manner. Method implies arrangement; mode, mere action or existence. Method is a way of reaching a given end by a series of acts which tend to secure it; mode relates to a single action, or to the form which a series of acts, viewed as a whole, exhibits. Manner is literally the handling of a thing, and has a wider sense, embracing both method and mode. An instructor may adopt a good method of teaching to write; the scholar may acquire a bad mode of holding his pen; the manner in which he is corrected will greatly affect his success or failure. { Me•thod´ic , Me•thod´ic•al } a. [L. methodicus, Gr. : cf. F. methodique.]
1. Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to facilitate practical observation; as the methodical arrangement of arguments; a methodical treatise. ´Methodical regularity.´ Addison.
2. Proceeding with regard to method; systematic. ´Aristotle, strict, methodic, and orderly.´ Harris.
3. Of or pertaining to the ancient school of physicians called methodists. Johnson. — Me•thod´ic•al•ly, adv. — Me•thod´ic•al•ness, n.
1. An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as a method of teaching languages; a method of improving the mind. Addison.
2. Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual. “Though this be madness, yet there’s method in it.” Shak. “All method is a rational progress, a progress toward an end.” Sir W. Hamilton.
3. (Nat. Hist.) Classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objects according to certain common characteristics; as the method of Theophrastus; the method of Ray; the Linnaean method. Syn. — Order; system; rule; regularity; way; manner; mode; course; process; means. — Method, Mode, Manner. Method implies arrangement; mode, mere action or existence. Method is a way of reaching a given end by a series of acts which tend to secure it; mode relates to a single action, or to the form which a series of acts, viewed as a whole, exhibits. Manner is literally the handling of a thing, and has a wider sense, embracing both method and mode. An instructor may adopt a good method of teaching to write; the scholar may acquire a bad mode of holding his pen; the manner in which he is corrected will greatly affect his success or failure. { Me•thod´ic , Me•thod´ic•al } a. [L. methodicus, Gr. : cf. F. methodique.]
1. Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to facilitate practical observation; as the methodical arrangement of arguments; a methodical treatise. ´Methodical regularity.´ Addison.
2. Proceeding with regard to method; systematic. ´Aristotle, strict, methodic, and orderly.´ Harris.
3. Of or pertaining to the ancient school of physicians called methodists. Johnson. — Me•thod´ic•al•ly, adv. — Me•thod´ic•al•ness, n.
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