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Definition: A Fortiori |
A FortioriAdverb1. For a still stronger, more certain reason; "if you are wrong then, a foritori, so am I". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Synonyms: A FortioriSynonyms: with greater reason (adv), with more reason (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Evidence | Adverb: by inference; according to, witness, a fortiori; still more, still less; raison de plus; in corroboration; n. of; valeat quantum; under seal, under one's hand and seal. |
Reasoning, | Adverb: for, because, hence, whence, seeing that, since, sith, then thence so; for that reason, for this reason, for which reason; for as, inasmuch as; whereas, ex concesso, considering, in consideration of; therefore, wherefore; consequently, ergo, thus, accordingly; a fortiori. |
Superiority | Eminently, egregiously, preeminently, surpassing, prominently, superlatively, supremely, above all, of all things, the most, to crown all, gr/kat exochin/gr, par excellence, principally, especially, particularly, peculiarly, a fortiori, even, yea, still more. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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| Language | Translations for "a fortiori"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | a fortiori. (various references) | |
Hebrew | על אחת כמ" וכמ" (all the more so, how much more so, the more so), אחת כמ" וכמ". (various references) | |
Hungarian | még inkább (better still, even more, still more). (various references) | |
Italian | a fortiori. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aay ortiorifay.(various references) | |
Russian | тем более (all the more, more so), с тем большим основанием. (various references) | |
Spanish | con mayor razón. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | huống l , huống h". (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Carduus lanceolatus Hill, Cirsium vulgare Ten./Airy-Shaw, Phylloscopus proregulus, Tragopan caboti. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-i-i-o-o-r-r-t" | |
-1 letter: triforia. | |
-3 letters: forrit, orator. | |
-4 letters: afoot, afrit, friar, ratio, rotor, torii. | |
-5 letters: airt, fair, faro, fart, fiar, fiat, foot, fora, fort, frat, frit, iota, orra, raft, rato, rift, riot, roar, roof, root, rota, roti, roto, taro, tiro, tora, tori, toro, torr, trio. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-i-i-o-o-r-r-t" | |
+4 letters: informatorily, proliferation. | |
+5 letters: foreordination, proliferations, reconfirmation. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Translations: Ancient 6. Anagrams 7. Bibliography |
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