Xenocrates

[zuh-nok-ruh-teez]

noun

396–314 b.c., Greek philosopher.

Related formsXen·o·crat·ic

[zen-uh-krat-ik] /ˌzɛn əˈkræt ɪk/, Xe·noc·ra·te·an, adjective

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Plato was continually saying to Xenocrates, "Sacrifice to the Graces."
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Xenocrates, the disciple of Plato, resisted Lais successfully.
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Xenocrates embraced the young man, and admitted him among his disciples.
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And this Procles was one of Xenocrates's fellow-students at the Academy.
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Xenocrates says that the stars are moved in one and the same superficies.
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British Dictionary definitions for xenocrates

Xenocrates

noun

?396–314 bc, Greek Platonic philosopher

Derived FormsXenocratic (ˌzɛnəˈkrætɪk), adjective

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