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A Priori
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
Applied to knowledge and conceptions assumed, or presupposed, as prior to experience, in order to make experience rational or possible.
(2):
Characterizing that kind of reasoning which deduces consequences from definitions formed, or principles assumed, or which infers effects from causes previously known; deductive or deductively. The reverse of a posteriori.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'A Priori'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/a-priori.html. 1828.