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Webster 1913 Edition

Basilary

{

Bas′i-lar

,

Bas′i-la-ry

, }

Adj.

[F.

basilaire

, fr. L.

basis

. See

,

Noun.

]

1.

Relating to, or situated at, the base.

2.

Lower; inferior; applied to impulses or springs of action.

[R.]

“Basilar instincts.”

H. W. Beecher.