Meaning of theoric | Babel Free

Definitions

Theory, as opposed to practice.

obsolete

Examples

“So that the art and practic part of life Must be the mistress to this theoric”

“We travel⟳ into Italie to learne the art of fencing, and practise⟳ it at the cost⟳ of our lives, before we know⟳ it; it were requisite, according to the order⟳ of true discipline, we should preferre the theorike before the practike.”

“Jucundus[…]confesseth of himself, that he was mightily delighted with these husbandry studies, and took extraordinary pleasure in them: if the theoric or speculation can so much affect⟳, what shall the place⟳ and exercise, the practic part, do?”

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