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Conditional
Conditional Con*di"tion*al, a. [L. conditionalis.]
1. Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or
conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain
terms; as, a conditional promise.
Every covenant of God with man . . . may justly be
made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional
punishment annexed and declared. --Bp.
Warburton.
2. (Gram. & Logic) Expressing a condition or supposition; as,
a conditional word, mode, or tense.
A conditional proposition is one which asserts the
dependence of one categorical proposition on
another. --Whately.
The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . .
used synonymously. --J. S. Mill.
Conditional
Conditional Con*di"tion*al, n.
1. A limitation. [Obs.] --Bacon.
2. A conditional word, mode, or proposition.
Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals. --L.
H. Atwater.
Conditionality
Conditionality Con*di`tion*al"i*ty, n.
The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by
certain terms.
Conditionally
Conditionally Con*di"tion*al*ly, adv.
In a conditional manner; subject to a condition or
conditions; not absolutely or positively. --Shak.
Conditionate
Conditionate Con*di"tion*ate, v. t.
1. To qualify by conditions; to regulate. [Obs.]
2. To put under conditions; to render conditional.
Conditioned
Conditioned Con*di"tioned, a.
1. Surrounded; circumstanced; in a certain state or
condition, as of property or health; as, a well
conditioned man.
The best conditioned and unwearied spirit. --Shak.
2. Having, or known under or by, conditions or relations; not
independent; not absolute.
Under these, thought is possible only in the
conditioned interval. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
Conditionly
Conditionly Con*di"tion*ly, adv.
Conditionally. [Obs.]
Inconditional
Inconditional In`con*di"tion*al, a. [Pref. in- not +
conditional: cf. F. inconditionnel.]
Unconditional. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Precondition
Precondition Pre`con*di"tion, n.
A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition.
The unconditionedUnconditioned Un`con*di"tioned, a.
1. Not conditioned or subject to conditions; unconditional.
2. (Metaph.) Not subject to condition or limitations;
infinite; absolute; hence, inconceivable; incogitable.
--Sir W. Hamilton.
The unconditioned (Metaph.), all that which is
inconceivable and beyond the realm of reason; whatever is
inconceivable under logical forms or relations. UnconditionalUnconditional Un`con*di"tion*al, a.
Not conditional limited, or conditioned; made without
condition; absolute; unreserved; as, an unconditional
surrender.
O, pass not, Lord, an absolute decree, Or bind thy
sentence unconditional. --Dryden.
-- Un`con*di"tion*al*ly, adv. UnconditionallyUnconditional Un`con*di"tion*al, a.
Not conditional limited, or conditioned; made without
condition; absolute; unreserved; as, an unconditional
surrender.
O, pass not, Lord, an absolute decree, Or bind thy
sentence unconditional. --Dryden.
-- Un`con*di"tion*al*ly, adv. UnconditionedUnconditioned Un`con*di"tioned, a.
1. Not conditioned or subject to conditions; unconditional.
2. (Metaph.) Not subject to condition or limitations;
infinite; absolute; hence, inconceivable; incogitable.
--Sir W. Hamilton.
The unconditioned (Metaph.), all that which is
inconceivable and beyond the realm of reason; whatever is
inconceivable under logical forms or relations.
