GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Modal (?), a. [Cf. F. modal. See Mode.]
   1. Of or pertaining to a mode or mood; consisting in mode or form only; relating to form; having the form without the essence or reality.  Glanvill.
   
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   2. (Logic & Metaph.) Indicating, or pertaining to, some mode of conceiving existence, or of expressing thought, such as the modes of possibility or obligation.
   
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   3. (Gram.) Pertaining to or denoting mood.
   
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   Modal (?) (Gram.), n. A modal auxiliary.
   
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