aphorism

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A concise expression of a principle in an area of knowledge; an axiom, a precept.

   “[K]novvledge, vvhile it is in Aphoriſmes and obſeruations, it is in grovveth [growth]; but vvhen it once is comprehended in exact Methodes; it may perchance be further polliſhed and illuſtrate, and accommodated for vſe and practiſe; but it encreaſeth no more in bulke and ſubſtance.”

2. isim A concise or pithy, and memorable, expression of a general truth; a maxim, a saying.

   “Is not thy common talke ſound Aphoriſmes?”

3. isim The essence or heart of something.

   “VVe are novv to annexe the concluſion of the ſong, […] The partes are three. […] 3. A ſentence of acclamation, the aphoriſme and iuice of the vvhole ſonge, […]”

4. fiil To speak or write one or more aphorisms (noun sense 2).

   “Theſe paſſages diſcours'd and Aphoriſm'd at large in the Houſe; at the private Committee, divers fouler ſuſpitions and aggravations are treated vvith a greater freedom; vvhich being again vvith their ſeveral proofs reported before the vvhole Body, by the general doom he is pronounced guilty.”