Con*di"tion*al (?), a. [L. conditionalis.]
1.
Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise.
Every covenant of God with man . . . may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional punishment annexed and declared.
Bp. Warburton.
2. Gram. & Logic
Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense.
A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another.
Whately.
The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . . used synonymously.
J. S. Mill.
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Con*di"tion*al, n.
1.
A limitation.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
2.
A conditional word, mode, or proposition.
Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals.
L. H. Atwater.
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