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Academic \Ac`a*dem"ic\, Academical \Ac`a*dem"ic*al\, a. [L.
academicus: cf. F. acad['e]migue. See {Academy}.]
1. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the
Academic sect or philosophy.
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2. Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of
learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction
from scientific. "Academic courses." --Warburton.
"Academical study." --Berkeley.
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