| 单词 |
justificatory |
| 释义 |
justificatory, a.|ˈdʒʌstɪfɪkeɪtərɪ| [f. late L. jūstificāt-, ppl. stem of jūstificāre to justify + -ory.] Tending to justify; having the effect or purpose of justifying.
1579Fenton Guicciard. viii. (1599) 314 To hold fast that that hath bin gotten, is a colour iustificatorie to enable the title and interest of the thing. 1691Wood Ath. Oxon. II. 355 Printed at Amsterdam, with a justificatory preface. 1860A. L. Windsor Ethica vii. 344 A man..almost sarcastically justificatory of the claims of self-interest. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. III. vii. 109 The Newcastle administration..summarily condemned the colony by rejecting its loyal justificatory address to the king. b. Serving or intended to support a statement.
1779Gibbon Misc. Wks. (1814) IV. 576 Mr. Davis has..suppressed one of the justificatory Notes on this passage. 1836Penny Cycl. V. 269/1 In 1752 followed a justificatory tract on several disputed points. |

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