Logic. [med.L.] A mnemonic term for the first mood of the second figure of syllogisms, in which the major premiss and the conclusion are universal negatives, and the minor a universal affirmative.
1588. Fraunce, Lawiers Log., 105 b.
1838. Sir W. Hamilton, Logic, xxii. I. 434. In the Second Figure the first mood is Cesare, of which the formula is:—No P is M; But all S are M; Therefore, no S is P.
