Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for EX-TRIN'SIC, or EX-TRIN'SIC-AL
EX-TRI-CA'TIONEX-TRIN'SIC-AL-LY
EX-TRIN'SIC, or EX-TRIN'SIC-AL, a. [L. extrinsecus.]
External; outward; not contained in or belonging to a body. Mere matter can not move without the impulse of an extrinsic agent. It is opposed to intrinsic.
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