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Chronic. Partly on a chronical, and partly on a topical method. J. A. Alexander.

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  • CHRONICLE
    The two canonical books of the Old Testament in which immediately follow 2 Kings. Syn. - Register; record; annals. See History. (more info) 1. An historical register or account of facts or events disposed in the order of time. 2. A narrative of
  • METHODIST
    One of a sect of Christians, the outgrowth of a small association called the "Holy Club," formed at Oxford University, A.D. 1729, of which the most conspicuous members were John Wesley and his brother Charles; -- originally so called from
  • PARTLY
    In part; in some measure of degree; not wholly. "I partly believe it." 1 Cor. xi. 18.
  • CHRONIC
    1. Relating to time; according to time. 2. Continuing for a long time; lingering; habitual. Chronic disease, one which is inveterate, of long continuance, or progresses slowly, in distinction from an acute disease, which speedly terminates.
  • METHOD
    Classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objects according to certain common characteristics; as, the method of Theophrastus; the method of Ray; the Linnæan method. Syn. -- Order; system; rule; regularity; way; manner; mode; course;
  • TOPICALLY
    In a topical manner; with application to, or limitation of, a particular place or topic.
  • METHODIZE
    To reduce to method; to dispose in due order; to arrange in a convenient manner; as, to methodize one's work or thoughts. Spectator.
  • METHODIC; METHODICAL
    1. Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to facilitate practical observation; as, the methodical arrangement of arguments; a methodical treatise. "Methodical regularity." Addison.
  • METHODIOS
    The art and principles of method.
  • ALEXANDERS; ALISANDERS
    A name given to two species of the genus Smyrnium, formerly cultivated and used as celery now is; -- called also horse parsely.
  • METHODIZER
    One who methodizes.
  • METHODOLOGICAL
    Of or pertaining to methodology.
  • METHODISM
    The system of doctrines, polity, and worship, of the sect called Methodists. Bp. Warburton.
  • METHODISTIC; METHODISTICAL
    Of or pertaining to methodists, or to the Methodists. -- Meth`o*dis"tic*al*ly, adv.
  • METHODIZATION
    The act or process of methodizing, or the state of being methodized.
  • TOPICAL
    Pertaining to, or consisting of, a topic or topics; according to topics. 3. Resembling a topic, or general maxim; hence, not demonstrative, but merely probable, as an argument. Evidences of fact can be no more than topical and probable. Sir M. Hale.
  • CHRONICLER
    A writer of a chronicle; a recorder of events in the order of time; an historian. Such an honest chronicler as Griffith. Shak.
  • METHODOLOGY
    The science of method or arrangement; a treatise on method. Coleridge.
  • CHRONICAL
    Chronic. Partly on a chronical, and partly on a topical method. J. A. Alexander.
  • ACHRONIC
    See ACRONYC
  • ANTICHRONICAL
    Deviating from the proper order of time. -- An`ti*chron"ic*al*ly, adv.
  • AMETHODIST
    One without method; a quack.
  • IMMETHODICALLY
    Without method; confusedly; unsystematically.
  • WORD METHOD
    A method of teaching reading in which words are first taken as single ideograms and later analyzed into their phonetic and alphabetic elements; -- contrasted with the alphabet and sentence methods.
  • MONTESSORI METHOD
    A system of training and instruction, primarily for use with normal children aged from three to six years, devised by Dr. Maria Montessori while teaching in the "Houses of Childhood" (schools in the poorest tenement districts of Rome, Italy), and
  • SENTENCE METHOD
    A method of teaching reading by giving first attention to phrases and sentences and later analyzing these into their verbal and alphabetic components; -- contrasted with alphabet and word methods.

 

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