a. rare. [f. prec. + -AL.] = prec.

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1677.  Hale, Prim. Orig. Man., IV. ii. 295. As by its presence in any part of the Chaotical Horizon it made Day, so by its absence there-from it caused Night.

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1826.  Carrington, Dartmoor, Pref. 11. Beetling rocks hurled together in chaotical confusion.

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