† ˈproxime, proxim, a. Obs.
[ad. L. proxim-us nearest, superl. adj. f. prope near.]
1. Next in position, adjacent: = proximate a. 1.
| 1651 [impl. in proximely]. 1661 Glanvill Van. Dogm. xx. 200 The agitated parts of the Brain begetting a motion in the proxime æther. 1832 W. Stephenson Gateshead Poems 65 They..Would sit proxime and snatch a stolen kiss. |
2. Next in causation, reasoning, etc.: = proximate a. 2.
| 1662 Hibbert Body Div. i. 264 The punishment it self which is the remote term and the obligation to it, which is the proxime term of pardon. 1693 J. Beaumont On Burnet's Th. Earth i. 46 We must not look after proxim Causes in Nature for it. 1725 Watts Logic iii. i. § 1 The three terms are called the remote matter of a syllogism; and the three propositions the proxime or immediate matter of it. |
Hence † ˈproximely adv. Obs. = proximately.
| 1651 Biggs New Disp. ¶295 Although simility doth proximely include familiarity. |