de re

British  

/ ˈdeɪ ˈreɪ /

adjective

1. logic philosophy (of a belief, possibility, etc) relating to the individual rather than to an expression, as the necessity of the number of wonders of the world is prime since that number, seven, is necessarily prime Compare de dicto

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Etymology

Origin of de re

literally: about the thing

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Example Sentences

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de re

You are welcome, huswife; and so are you, Constance, Fa tol de re tol de re la.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott

When I said, without very much Inconvenience, I had in my Thoughts that sober Admonition of Galen, Cum de re constat, de verbis non est Litigandum.

From The Sceptical Chymist or Chymico-Physical Doubts & Paradoxes, Touching the Spagyrist's Principles Commonly call'd Hypostatical; As they are wont to be Propos'd and Defended by the Generality of Alchymists. Whereunto is præmis'd Part of another Discourse relating to the same Subject. by Robert Boyle

Multa de facto ac de re gesta; the former by the exertions of Amatius, the latter by his own wise and spirited animadversions through Dolabella.

From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Ludwig Döderlein

There are certain copies of this edition, bearing the following titles, Apicius de re coquinaria and Apicivs in re qvoqvinaria.

From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Joseph Dommers Vehling

And here quotes from the Practice of the Arabians out of Rhazes de re Medica, &c.

From Medicina Flagellata Or, The Doctor Scarify'd by Anonymous

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