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sor•i•tes
(sô rī′tēz, sō-),USA pronunciation n. [Logic.]
so•rit•i•cal
(sô rit′i kəl, sō-),USA pronunciation so•rit′ic, adj.
- Philosophya form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- Greek sōreítēs literally, heaped, piled up, derivative of sōrós a heap
- Latin sōrītēs
- 1545–55;