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<hw>Ex*tern"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>externe</ets>. See <er>External</er>.]</ety> <def>External; outward; not inherent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Ex*tern"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>externe</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A pupil in a seminary who lives without its walls; a day scholar.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Outward form or part; exterior.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

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<hw>Ex*ter"nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>externus</ets>, fr. <ets>exter</ets>, <ets>exterus</ets>, on the outside, outward. See <er>Exterior</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Outward; exterior; relating to the outside, as of a body; being without; acting from without; -- opposed to <i>internal</i>; <as>as, the <ex>external</ex> form or surface of a body</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Of all <b>external</b> things, . . . She [Fancy] forms imaginations, aery shapes. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Outside of or separate from ourselves; <fld>(Metaph.)</fld> separate from the perceiving mind.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Outwardly perceptible; visible; physical or corporeal, as distinguished from mental or moral.</def>

<blockquote>Her virtues graced with <b>external</b> gifts. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>external</b> circumstances are greatly different. <i>Trench.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations; <as>as, <ex>external</ex> trade or commerce; the <ex>external</ex> relations of a state or kingdom.</as></def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral.</def>

<cs><col>External angles</col>. <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Angle</er>.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Ex*ter"nal</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Something external or without; outward part; that which makes a show, rather than that which is intrinsic; visible form; -- usually in the plural.</def>

<blockquote>Adam was then no less glorious in his <b>externals</b> <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>God in <b>externals</b> could not place content. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Externalism</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*ter"nal*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality of being manifest to the senses; external acts or appearances; regard for externals.</def>

<blockquote>This <b>externalism</b> gave Catholicism a great advantage on all sides. <i>E. Eggleston.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Metaph.)</fld> <def>That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals only with externals, or objects of sense perception; positivism; phenomenalism.</def>

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<hw>Ex*ter`nal*is"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to externalism</def>

<i>North Am. Rev.</i>