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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Moral, n. [e.m.E. and late ME. (c 1380) f. Moral(l,a.: cf. also late L. mōrāle, pl. mōrālia, F. moral (fem. morale).] In plur. (after L. mōrālia, Gk. τὰ ἠθικά): Ethics, the science of morals or principles of conduct. —1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 12.
The first regent reid the dialectic, analitic and moralis
