II. relation, correspondence, proportion,
1. relation
2. Math., ratio, proportion
3. Gramm., analogy, rule
III. explanation
1. plea, pretext, ground,
b. plea, case, in Law or
argument
2. statement of a theory, argument,
c. in Logic, proposition,
whether as premiss or conclusion, protasis
d. rule, principle,
law,
3. law, rule of conduct
4. thesis, hypothesis, provisional ground,
5. reason, ground
6. formula (wider than definition, but freq. equivalent
thereto), term
expressing reason.
7. reason, law exhibited in the world-process,
b. generative
principle in organisms,
c. in Neo-Platonic Philos.,
of
regulative and formative forces,
derived from the intelligible and operative in the sensible universe,
IV. inward debate of the soul
1. thinking, reasoning
2. reason as a faculty
b. creative reason
V. continuous statement, narrative (whether fact or fiction), oration,
etc.
1. fable,
2. legend,
3. tale, story
4. speech, delivered in court, assembly, etc.
VI. verbal expression or utterance
1.
a. pl., without Art.,
talk
b. sg., expression,
phrase
c. coupled or contrasted
with words expressed or understood
signifying act, fact, truth, etc., mostly in a depreciatory sense
2. common talk, report, tradition
b. rumour
c. mention, notice,
description
d. the talk one occasions,
repute, mostly in good sense, good
report, praise, honour
3. discussion, debate, deliberation
b. right of discussion or
speech
c. dialogue, as a form of
philosophical debate
d. section, division of
a dialogue or treatise
e. in pl., literature, letters
VII. a particular utterance, saying:
1. divine utterance, oracle,
2. proverb, maxim, saying
3. assertion, opp. oath
4. express resolution, koinôi l. by
common consent
5. word of command, behest
VIII. thing spoken of, subject-matter
2. plot of a narrative or dramatic poem,
b. in Art, subject of a
painting,
3. thing talked of, event,
IX. expression, utterance, speech regarded formally, speech,
b. sentence, complete statement,
c. language
X. the Word or Wisdom of God, personified as his agent
in creation and
world-government