Berkeley's English:
Some Non-Technical Terms

representeddescribedYou were represented in last night's conversation ... (P 162a)
repugnantobjectionable... repugnant to common sense ... (P 162a)
softlyquietlySoftly, good Hylas ..." (P 162a)
pronouncecall... that you pronounce me a skeptic ..." (P 162b)
to witnamely... what you affirm, to wit, ... (P 162b)
aughtall... for aught you can tell ..." (P 162b)
peremptoryinsistent... as peremptory in my denial ... (P 162b)
holdwait just a sec!Hold, Philonous... (P 162b)
outmistakenI have been a little out in my definition (P 162b)
denominatelabel... to denominate a man a skeptic? (P 163a)
esteemedjudged... to be esteemed the greatest skeptic? (P 163a)
apprehendunderstand... to apprehend your notions (P 163a)
sufferpermitSuffer me then ... (P 163a)
sensibleable to be sensedsensible things (P 163b)
subsistenceexistence... a subsistence exterior to the mind ... (P 164a)
allowedadmitted to be ... if it be allowed a real being (P 164a)
prayplease ... pray, let me know the reason. (P 164a)
naynot only that but... sense; nay the greater degree ... (P 164a)
ownadmitI own it. (P 165a)
pretendfalsely believe I do not pretend that warmth is ...(P 165b)
privationabsence ... a privation of both pain and pleasure (P 165b)
oughtshouldOught we not ... (P 166a)
occasionedbrought aboutthe sensation itself occasioned by the pin ... (P 166a)
corporealphysicalunthinking corporeal substances (P 166b)
agree toadhere in that is, pleasure and pain, agree to them. (P 166b)
diversdifferentdivers persons perceive different tastes ... (P 166b)
fainlike toI would fain know ... (P 166b)
forementionedpreviously mentioned... the other forementioned qualities ... (P 166b)
sonoroussound producingsonorous bodies (P 167a)
exhaustedemptiedthe exhausted receiver (P 167a)
acceptationmeaningthe common acceptation of the word (P 167b)
ingenuouslycandidlyTo deal ingenuously ... (P 168a)
vainhopeless... it is vain to stand out ... (P 168a)
stand outhold one's ground... it is vain to stand out ... (P 168a)
derogateobject to... to derogate anything from the reality ... (P 168a)
enumeratedlisted... those above enumerated ... (P 168a)
apprisedaware... you are already apprised of (P 168a)
extensionthe quality of taking up space... can a thing be spread without extension ... (P 168b)
accidentsnon-essential qualities... spread under the sensible qualities or accidents (P 168b)
modeimportant attributeextension is only a mode, and matter is something that supports modes. (P 168b)
beseechaskI beseech you (P 169a)
archetypeoriginal prototypearchetype of an idea (P 169a)


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Richard Lee, rlee@uark.edu, last modified: 21 February 2003