a. [ad. Gr. ἀξιωματικός, f. ἀξίωμα: see prec. and -ATIC.]

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  1.  Of the nature of an axiom or admitted first principle; self-evident; indisputably true.

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1797.  W. Taylor, in Monthly Rev., XXII. 556. The axiomatic pillars of a new code of the law of nations.

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1855.  H. Spencer, Psychol. (1872), II. VI. viii. 95. These axiomatic truths are truths recognized by the simplest order of reasoning.

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  2.  Characterized by axioms or admitted first principles; axiomatical.

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1812.  Sir H. Davy, Chem. Philos., 32. He gave an axiomatic form to the Science.

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  3.  Full of maxims or pithy sentences, aphoristic.

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1834.  Southey, Doctor (1862), 381. The most axiomatic of English Poets.

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1835.  I. Taylor, Spir. Despot., iii. 96. A people … rich in axiomatic good sense.

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