a. [ad. Gr. ἐφεκτικός, f. ἐπέχειν to check, hold back, hence to suspend (one’s judgment), f. ἐπί upon + ἔχειν to hold.] Characterized by suspense of judgment. In ancient use, a distinctive epithet of the Sceptic school of philosophers.
1693. Urquhart, Rabelais, III. xxxvi. 303. The Schools of the Pyrronian, Aporetick, Sceptick, and Ephectick Sects.
1883. Daily News, 20 Dec., 6/2. Why does Mr. Saintsbury say that Montaigne’s attitude was ‘ephectic?’
