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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Academic

Ăc'a-dĕm'ic or Ăc'a-dĕm'ic-al, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. academicus, Fr. académique. See ACADEMY.]

  1. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect.
  2. Belonging to an academy or other institution of learning. “Academic courses.” Warburton. “Academical study.” Berkeley.

A-cā-dēm'ic, n.

noun

n. 1. One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato. Hume. 2. A student in a college or university. Watts.