ab extra
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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"It seems to me," he said, "that there is a guiding and directing principle ab extra which interacts with the material of the physical universe but is not of it."
From Time Magazine Archive
I solicit from the friend who accompanied Mr. Edgerton the thoroughest statement which he can give me of the case, ab extra.
From The Opium Habit by Day, Horace B.
It is true that in hypnotic experiments there is commonly some preliminary process by which the peculiar condition is induced, and that the idea which originates the delusion has then to be suggested ab extra.
From The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal by Carrington, Hereward
We are conscious that he is a cold-blooded spectator ab extra striving to describe what he has never felt for himself.
From The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance by Birkhead, Edith
Where the Syllogism comes in as a useful form is when certain propositions are delivered to you ab extra as containing a certain conclusion; and the connexion is not apparent.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
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