Yet such predicates will not in general even be interpreted over the domain of objects over which the definientia range.
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Definiens
//dɪˈfɪnɪɛnz//
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In these definitions, then, there is only one part of the definiens, the form (e.g. being a human soul), which is prior to the kind and its matter.
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