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corollaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Corollary \Cor"ol*la*ry\ (k?r"?l-l?-r?; 277), n.; pl. Corollaries (-r?z). [L. corollarium gift, corollary, fr. corolla. See Corolla.]
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That which is given beyond what is actually due, as a garland of flowers in addition to wages; surplus; something added or superfluous. [Obs.]
Now come, my Ariel; bring a corollary, Rather than want a spirit.
--Shak. Something which follows from the demonstration of a proposition; an additional inference or deduction from a demonstrated proposition; a consequence.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of corollary English)
Usage examples of "corollaries".
The corollaries from the principle of utility, like the precepts of every practical art, admit of indefinite improvement, and, in a progressive state of the human mind, their improvement is perpetually going on.
In one point of view, they may be considered as corollaries from the principles already laid down.
They had rejected the soul-body dichotomy, with its two corollaries: the impotence of man’s mind and the damnation of this earth.