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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Namely  \Name"ly\,  adv 
  1.  By  name  by  particular  mention;  specifically;  especially; 
  expressly.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  The  solitariness  of  man  .  .  .  God  hath  namely  and 
  principally  ordered  to  prevent  by  marriage. 
  --Milton. 
 
  2.  That  is  to  say  to  wit;  videlicet;  --  introducing  a 
  particular  or  specific  designation. 
 
  For  the  excellency  of  the  soul,  namely,  its  power  of 
  divining  dreams;  that  several  such  divinations  have 
  been  made  none  ?an  question.  --Addison. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  namely 
  adv  :  as  follows  [syn:  {viz.},  {that  is  to  say},  {videlicet}] 




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