de re

/ ˈdeɪ ˈreɪ /

adjective

1. logic philosophy (of a belief, possibility, etc) relating to the individual rather than to an expression, as the necessity of the number of wonders of the world is prime since that number, seven, is necessarily prime Compare de dicto

Word History and Origins

Origin of de re¹

literally: about the thing

Example Sentences

But how the active and hardy persons mounted, Vegetius De re Milit.

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Legatus, qui ea de re mittitur, Fetialis ritusque belli indicendi Ius Fetiale appellatur.

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These managed to make their way to the farmhouse but left one man, Gabriel de Re, dead on the field.

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In the mean time note, that the question is but de nomine here, whether the name church be fit for other societies, and not de re.

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The question is either de nomine, whether it be fit to call them holy; or de re, whether they have that which is called holiness.

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