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Academical

{

Acˊa-dem′ic

,

Acˊa-dem′ic-al

, }
Adj.
[L.
academicus
: cf. F.
académigue
. See
Academy
.]
1.
Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato;
as, the
Academic
sect or philosophy
.
2.
Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific.
“Academic courses.”
Warburton.
“Academical study.”
Berkeley.