{ Ethic (?), Ethical (?), } a. [L. ethicus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; custom, usage, character, dwelling; akin to &unr_; custom, Goth. sidus, G. sitte, Skr. svadh&unr_;, prob. orig., one's own doing; sva self + dh&unr_; to set: cf. F. éthique. See So, Do.] Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy.
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The ethical meaning of the miracles. Trench.
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Ethical dative (Gram.), a use of the dative of a pronoun to signify that the person or thing spoken of is regarded with interest by some one; as, Quid mihi Celsus agit? How does my friend Celsus do?
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