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BARBARA

\bˈɑːbəɹə], \bˈɑːbəɹə], \b_ˈɑː_b_ə_ɹ_ə]\

Definitions of BARBARA

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1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English

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The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
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The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

first word of the scholastic mnemonic lines for figures& moods of the syllogism (some of these, esp. barbara, barbara celarent, baralipton, are used allusively for logic or logical training).

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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