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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 precepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy.
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    The ethical meaning of the miracles.
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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 , 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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