† ˌquodaˈmmodoˌtative, a. and n. Obs.
[f. L. quōdam modō in a certain way + -tative.]
a. adj. Existing in a certain manner. b. n. A thing that exists in a certain way.
| 1656 Stanley Hist. Philos. viii. i. xiii. (1687) 437/1 Things are subdivided into foure Genus's, Subjects, and Qualitatives and Quodammodotatives in themselves, and Quodammodotatives as to others. Ibid. xvii. 438/2 Aristo..defined Quodammodotative-Relatives to be those, whose being is..their Quodammodotative being to one another. |