Part 7012

<h1>Methionic</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Meth`i*on"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Me</ets>thyl + <ets>thionic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphonic (<it>thionic</it>) acid derivative of methane, obtained as a stable white crystalline substance, <chform>CH2.(SO3H)2</chform>, which forms well defined salts.</def>

<h1>Method</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Meth"od</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>m\'82thode</ets>, L. <ets>methodus</ets>, fr. Gr. <grk>meqodos</grk> method, investigation following after; <grk>meta`</grk> after + <grk>"odo`s</grk> way.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; <as>as, a <ex>method</ex> of teaching languages; a <ex>method</ex> of improving the mind.</as></def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual.</def>

<blockquote>Though this be madness, yet there's <b>method</b> in it. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>All <b>method</b> is a rational progress, a progress toward an end. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Nat. Hist.)</fld> <def>Classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objects according to certain common characteristics; <as>as, the <ex>method</ex> of Theophrastus; the <ex>method</ex> of Ray; the Linn\'91an <ex>method</ex>.</as></def>

<syn>Syn. -- Order; system; rule; regularity; way; manner; mode; course; process; means.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Method</er>, <er>Mode</er>, <er>Manner</er>. <i>Method</i> implies arrangement; <i>mode</i>, mere action or existence. <i>Method</i> is a way of reaching a given end by a <i>series</i> of acts which tend to sec<?/re it; <i>mode</i> relates to a single action, or to the form which a series of acts, viewed as a whole, exhibits. <i>Manner</i> is literally the <i>handling</i> of a thing, and has a wider sense, embracing both <i>method</i> and <i>mode</i>. An instructor may adopt a good <i>method</i> of teaching to write; the scholar may acquire a bad <i>mode</i> of holding his pen; the <i>manner</i> in which he is corrected will greatly affect his success or failure.</usage>

<h1>Methodic, Methodical</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw><hw>Me*thod"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Me*thod"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>methodicus</ets>, Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>m\'82thodique</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to facilitate practical observation; <as>as, the <ex>methodical</ex> arrangement of arguments; a <ex>methodical</ex> treatise.</as></def> "<i>Methodical</i> regularity."

<i>Addison.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Proceeding with regard to method; systematic.</def> "Aristotle, strict, <i>methodic</i>, and orderly."

<i>Harris.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the ancient school of physicians called methodists.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Me*thod"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Me*thod"ic*al*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Methodios</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Me*thod"ios</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The art and principles of method.</def>

<h1>Methodism</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Meth"o*dism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>The system of doctrines, polity, and worship, of the sect called Methodists.</def>

<i>Bp. Warburton.</i>

<h1>Methodist</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Meth"o*dist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>m\'82thodiste</ets>. See <er>Method</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who observes method.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One of an ancient school of physicians who rejected observation and founded their practice on reasoning and theory.</def>

<i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Theol.)</fld> <def>One of a sect of Christians, the outgrowth of a small association called the "Holy Club," formed at Oxford University, <sc>A.D.</sc> 1729, of which the most conspicuous members were John Wesley and his brother Charles; -- originally so called from the methodical strictness of members of the club in all religious duties.</def>