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
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
It was a strange position for a young woman to be in—that of watcher over the marriage relations of two persons, to neither of whom she could be a friend otherwise than ab extra.
From Paul Faber, Surgeon by MacDonald, George
I do not mean by that, abuse ab extra.
From Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z by Various
Admit candidly that the addition of intelligence at a certain stage, however mysteriously interwoven with structural accompaniments, is a gift ab extra, and we have at least a reasonable and so far satisfactory explanation.
From Creation and Its Records by Baden-Powell, Baden Henry
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