reˈtextive, a. Logic.
[f. L. retext-, ppl. stem of retexĕre (see prec.) + -ive.]
Synthetical.
1620 T. Granger Div. Logike 295 Method, is either contextiue, or retextiue. 1850 Baynes tr. Port-Royal Logic (1851) p. xxx, Analysis and synthesis (termed in it the contextive and retextive methods). |