Definition of ephectic
:given to suspense of judgment
—used of a school of ancient skeptics
— compare epoche
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ephectic
adjective
ephec·tic
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ə̇ˈfektik
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(ˈ)e¦f-
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Origin and Etymology of ephectic
Greek ephektikos, from ephektos, verbal of epechein to hold back, from epi- + echein to hold, have
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