Secondly, what clear sense and significancy can be given the words without the supplement of the conditional conjunction, or some other term equipollent thereunto, Mr. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed] Reference
The word “equipollent” is out there, but is very rarely used. From Wordnik.com. [Intelligent Design explained: Part 2 random search - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
They say, the same thing is taught and expressed in the Scripture in phrases equipollent. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrine of Justification by Faith] Reference
But the evidence against doing so is at least equipollent: Bayle claims, repeatedly and unequivocally, to be a believer. From Wordnik.com. [This, About The Man I Met Out Here In Nearly Nowhere] Reference
Masonry, like the equipollent ladders of its kindred institutions, always had seven steps, although in modern times the three principal or upper ones are alone alluded to. From Wordnik.com. [The Symbolism of Freemasonry] Reference
Only superstition is now so well advanced, that men of the first blood, are as firm as butchers by occupation; and votary resolution, is made equipollent to custom, even in matter of blood. From Wordnik.com. [The Essays] Reference
In this connection mention is especially often made of Bolzano's grasp of the “paradoxical” fact that an infinite set can and must be equipollent with one of its proper subsets, i.e., is. From Wordnik.com. [Slices of Matisse] Reference
(A set is reflexive iff it is equipollent to one of its proper subsets; and two sets are equipollent with one another iff there exists a bijection, i.e., a one-to-one correspondence, between them.). From Wordnik.com. [Slices of Matisse] Reference
Though the term of “possibility” in the supposition, and “may” in the inference, seem to be equipollent, yet to render them of the same significancy as to the argument in hand, they must both be used in the same respect. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed] Reference
For, in a categorical syllogism the major proposition is not to be particular, or equipollent to a particular; for, from such a proposition, when any thing communicable to more is the subject of it, and is restrained unto one particular, nothing can be inferred in the conclusion. From Wordnik.com. [A Brief Declaration and Vindication of The Doctrine of the Trinity] Reference
We shall find that such a conception is borne out by experience and observation, when we come to deal with the Earth as a magnet; because we shall afterwards learn that the Earth is an electro-magnet, possessing its magnetic field, which is co-existent and equipollent with its electric field. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
Nor is aught of an equipollent conflict seen, nor the weaker's flashed device. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
Hill's eloquence exceeded his judgment; Stephens 'judgment was superior to his oratorical power; in Toombs these were equipollent. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage] Reference
What appealed only too powerfully to Chinese superstition was the use of spells, charms and magical formulæ and the doctrine that since the universe is merely idea, thoughts and facts are equipollent. From Wordnik.com. [Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3] Reference
Read him aright, and measure by time, not syllables, and no lines can be more legitimate, -- none in which the substitution of equipollent feet, and the modifications by emphasis, are managed with such exquisite judgment. From Wordnik.com. [Literary Remains, Volume 2] Reference
Read him aright, and measure by time, not syllables, and no lines can be more legitimate, — none in which the substitution of equipollent feet, and the modifications by emphasis, are managed with such exquisite judgment. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher] Reference
Without accepting in blind faith the accuracy of the synonyms or equipollent phrases supplied in its exegesis, I have, in many ambiguous terms, been determined by the ruling of the Commentator, as representing the most ancient orthodox tradition. From Wordnik.com. [Psalms of the Sisters] Reference
But as for those modern Sadducees, who will believe neither angel nor spirit, because they cannot see them; and with whom invisible and incredible pass for terms perfectly equipollent; they would do wisely to consider, that as the fowler would certainly spoil his own game, should he not, as much as possible, keep out of sight; so the. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. III.] Reference
In the ancient ballads, Scots and English, the substitution of the anapaest for the iambic foot, is of perpetual recurrence, and gives them a remarkable elasticity and animation; but we never fail to recognize a uniformity of measure, which the use of nearly equipollent feet cannot, on the strictest metrical principles, be thought to impair. ". From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845] Reference
Discussion (23) ¬ equipollent. From Wordnik.com. [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - The 2009 Scott Johnson Road Map] Reference
"Doubtless, my lord, the having, as you say, deserved it, must be an excruciation to your own mind," replied his tormentor; "a kind of mental and metaphysical hanging, drawing, and quartering, which may be in some measure equipollent with the external application of hemp, iron, fire, and the like, to the outer man.". From Wordnik.com. [The Fortunes of Nigel] Reference
“Doubtless, my lord, the having, as you say, deserved it, must be an excruciation to your own mind,” replied his tormentor; “a kind of mental and metaphysical hanging, drawing, and quartering, which may be in some measure equipollent with the external application of hemp, iron, fire, and the like, to the outer man.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortunes of Nigel] Reference
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