Definitions for specifick
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1. Specifical, Specifickadjective

   Etymology: specifique, French; species and facio.

   1. That which makes a thing of the species of which it is.

   That thou to truth the perfect way may’st know,
   To thee all her specifick forms I’ll show. John Denham.

   The understanding, as to the exercise of this power, is subject to the command of the will, though as to the specifick nature of its acts it is determined by the object. South.

   By whose direction is the nutriment so regularly distributed into the respective parts, and how are they kept to their specifick uniformities? Joseph Glanvill.

   These principles I consider not as occult qualities, supposed to result from the specifick forms of things, but as general laws of nature by which the things themselves are formed; their truth appearing to us by phænomena, though their causes be not yet discovered. Isaac Newton, Opticks.

   As all things were formed according to these specifical platforms, so their truth must be measured from their conformity to them. John Norris.

   Specifick gravity is the appropriate and peculiar gravity or weight, which any species of natural bodies have, and by which they are plainly distinguishable from all other bodies of different kinds. John Quincy.

   The specifick qualities of plants reside in their native spirit, oil and essential salt: for the water, fixt salt and earth appear to be the same in all plants. Arbuthnot.

   Specifick difference is that primary attribute which distinguishes each species from one another, while they stand ranked under the same general nature or genus. Though wine differs from other liquids, in that it is the juice of a certain fruit, yet this is but a general or generick difference; for it does not distinguish wine from cyder or perry: the specifick difference of wine therefore is its pressure from the grape; as cyder is pressed from apples, and perry from pears. Isaac Watts.

   2. [In medicine.] Appropriated to the cure of some particular distemper. It is usually applied to the arcana, or medicines that work by occult qualities.

   The operation of purging medicines have been referred to a hidden propriety, a specifical virtue, and the like shifts of ignorance. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

   If she would drink a good decoction of sarsa, with the usual specificks, she might enjoy a good health. Richard Wiseman.

How to pronounce specifick?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of specifick in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of specifick in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

References

1. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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