▪ I. parastatic, a.1 rare.
(pærəˈstætɪk)
[ad. Gr. παραστατικός presentative, impelling, f. παριστά-ναι to set before, etc.: see para-1 1 and static.]
† 1. Having the function of impelling to action.
| 1656 Stanley Hist. Philos. v. (1701) 191/1 The souls of the Gods have a dijudicative faculty, called Gnostic, and impulsive to some action, called Parastatick. |
2. Having the quality of presenting something before the mind.
| 1866 Liddon Bampt. Lect. (1869) 70 The Shekinah [etc.] only involve a parastatic appearance of God, are symbols of His presence. |
▪ II. † paraˈstatic, a.2 Obs.
[f. Gr. παραστάται testicles + -ic. Cf. Parastates in Phillips.]
Seminal.
| a 1693 Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xxxi. 264 The Parastatick Liquor. [1696 Phillips (ed. 5), Parastates, two little Purses full of winding Nooks..where the Seed remains in Reserve.] |