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    Ethic (?), Ethical (?),  a. [L. ethicus, Gr. , fr.  custom, usage, character, dwelling; akin to  custom, Goth. sidus, G. sitte, Skr. svadh, prob. orig., one's own doing; sva self + dh to set: cf. F. éthique. See So, Do.] Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, “ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy.”
   
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   The ethical meaning of the miracles. Trench.
   
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   Ethical dative (Gram.), a use of the dative of a pronoun to signify that the person or thing spoken of is regarded with interest by some one; as, Quid mihi Celsus agit? How does my friend Celsus do?
   
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   ethic (ĕthˈĭk), n.
   1. the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group; as, “the Puritan ethic”. [wns=1]
   
   Syn. -- moral principle, value-system, value orientation.
   
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   2. a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct. [wns=2]
   
   Syn. -- ethical code.
   
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