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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
conditional
adj 1: qualified by reservations
2: imposing or depending on or containing a condition;
"conditional acceptance of the terms"; "lent conditional
support"; "the conditional sale will not be complete until
the full purchase price is paid" [ant: {unconditional}]
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