a. Obs. [f. L. arbitrāri-us (see ARBITRARY) + -OUS.] = ARBITRARY.
1642. H. More, Song Soul (1647), 156/2. Whether … an arbitrarious or naturall efflux.
1692. Ray, Disc., III. viii. (1732), 394. If the Dissolution of the World be effected by supernatural … means, the signs of it must be arbitrarious.
1806–31. A. Knox, Rem. (1844), I. 53. How are the two Churches one … except in the arbitrarious … position of the articles of Union?
