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   Method , n. [F. méthode, L. methodus, fr. Gr. μεθοδος method, investigation following after; μετά after + ὁδός way.]
   An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of teaching languages; a method of improving the mind.
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   Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual.
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   Though this be madness, yet there's method in it.
   Shak.
   
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   All method is a rational progress, a progress toward an end.
   Sir W. Hamilton.
   
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   (Nat. Hist.) Classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objects according to certain common characteristics; as, the method of Theophrastus; the method of Ray; the Linnaean method.
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   A technique used in acting in which the actor tries to identify with the individual personality of the specific character being portrayed, so as to provide a realistic rendering of the character's role.  Also called the Method, method acting, the Stanislavsky Method or Stanislavsky System.
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   Syn. -- Order; system; rule; regularity; way; manner; mode; course; process; means.  -- Method, Mode, Manner. Method implies arrangement; mode, mere action or existence. Method is a way of reaching a given end by a series of acts which tend to secure it; mode relates to a single action, or to the form which a series of acts, viewed as a whole, exhibits. Manner is literally the handling of a thing, and has a wider sense, embracing both method and mode. An instructor may adopt a good method of teaching to write; the scholar may acquire a bad mode of holding his pen; the manner in which he is corrected will greatly affect his success or failure.
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