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Webster 1913 Edition
Corollary
Cor′ol-la-ry
(k?r′?l-l?-r?; 277)
, Noun.
pl.
Corollaries
(-r[GREEK]z)
. 1.
That which is given beyond what is actually due, as a garland of flowers in addition to wages; surplus; something added or superfluous.
[Obs.]
Now come, my Ariel; bring a
Rather than want a spirit.
corollary
,Rather than want a spirit.
Shakespeare
2.
Something which follows from the demonstration of a proposition; an additional inference or deduction from a demonstrated proposition; a consequence.
Webster 1828 Edition
Corollary
COROLLARY
,Noun.
1.
A conclusion or consequence drawn from premises, or from what is advanced or demonstrated. If it is demonstrated that a triangle which has equal sides, has also equal angles, it follows as a corollary that a triangle which has three equal sides, has its three angles equal.A corollary is an inference from a preceding proposition.
2.
A surplus.