Definitions | per alia |
| adverb
- By others; through others. Said about a proposition held to be true because it follows from other true propositions. Compare per se.
- If humans are mortal, and Socrates is a human, then Socrates is mortal.
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Etymology: Latin , from per, 'by' or 'through', and alius, alia, 'others'.
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