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Critical
CRITICAL, a. [L. Gr. See Critic.]
1. Relating to criticism; nicely exact; as a critical dissertation on Homer.
2. Having the skill or power nicely to distinguish beauties from blemishes; a a critical judge; a critical auditor; a critical ear; critical taste.
3. Making nice distinctions; accurate; as critical rules.
4. Capable of judging with accuracy; discerning beauties and faults; nicely judicious in matters of literature and the fine arts; as, Virgil was a critical poet.
5. Capable of judging with accuracy; conforming to exact rules of propriety; exact; particular; as, to be critical in rites and ceremonies, or in the selection of books.
6. Inclined to find fault, or to judge with severity.
7. [See Crisis.] Pertaining to a crisis; marking the time or state of a disease which indicates its termination in the death or recovery of the patient; as critical days, or critical symptoms.
8. Producing a crisis or change in a disease; indicating a crisis; as a critical sweat.
9. Decisive; noting a time or state on which the issue of things depends; important, as regards the consequences; as a critical time or moment; a critical juncture.
10. Formed or situated to determine or decide, or having the crisis at command; important or essential for determining; as a critical post.
critical appears in definitions for these words:
Achor Astute Climacter Climacteric Conjuncture Connoisseur Correction Critic Critical Critically Criticalness Criticise Criticism Critique Decretory Discretion Dissection Distinguish Hypercritic Hypercritical Juncture Mark Minute Minuteness Nick Odd Popular Propension Pudding-time Review Reviewed Reviewer Reviewing Scan Scanned Scanning Scrutable Scrutinize Scrutinizer Scrutiny Scurtinizing Severe Sift Sifted Sifting Stricture Test Ticklish Ticklishness Uncritical Unsearched Unsifted
Achor Astute Climacter Climacteric Conjuncture Connoisseur Correction Critic Critical Critically Criticalness Criticise Criticism Critique Decretory Discretion Dissection Distinguish Hypercritic Hypercritical Juncture Mark Minute Minuteness Nick Odd Popular Propension Pudding-time Review Reviewed Reviewer Reviewing Scan Scanned Scanning Scrutable Scrutinize Scrutinizer Scrutiny Scurtinizing Severe Sift Sifted Sifting Stricture Test Ticklish Ticklishness Uncritical Unsearched Unsifted
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