Ac`a*dem"ic (#), Ac`a*dem"ic*al (#), a. [L. academicus: cf. F. acad'emigue. See Academy.]
1.
Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.
2.
Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific.
"
Academic courses."
Warburton. "
Academical study."
Berkeley.
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Ac`a*dem"ic, n.
1.
One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist.
Hume.
2.
A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.
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