forensic
forensic is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Belonging to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate; used in legal proceedings, or in public discussions; argumentative; rhetorical; as, forensic eloquence or disputes. Forensic medicine, medical jurisprudence; medicine in its relations to law.
- 2.An exercise in debate; a forensic contest; an argumentative thesis.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accessory
- adviser
- advocate
- assistant
- association
- attorney
- banco
- bar
- barrister
- beagle
- bencher
- call
- civilian
- consult
- conveyancer
- counsel
- court
- cursitor
- draftsman
- equity
- esquire
- gentleman
- give
- gown
- inner
- judge
- junior
- jurist
- law
- lawyer
- leader
- learned
- legal
- legist
- limb
- long
- notary
- officer
- outer
- pettifogger
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is forensic.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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