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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Metaphysik, -phisik, Methaphysice, -phesik, -ic, n. [E. methaphesik (Trevisa), metaphesyk (c 1450), e.m.E. metaphisike (1527), -physike, scholastic L. metaphysica fem. sing., F. métaphysique. As in Eng. before the later 16th c., only sing. in form.] a. As the title of the thirteen books of Aristotle which deal with ontology or metaphysics. b. The study of metaphysics. —a. a1500 Henr. Fab. 1636 (Bann.).
In Metaphisik Aristotle sayis That manis saule is lyke ane bakkis ee 1490 Irland Mir. I. 12/7.
Aristoteles … in the secund buk of Methaphesik sais [etc.] Ib. 31/4.
In the xii buk of Methaphysice Ib. MS. 128.
As tretis Arestotiles in the predicamentis in Methaphesicb. 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 12.
Thyr regentis sal pas be degreis the hail cours of dialectic, logic, physik and metaphysik
