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Ecbatic

Ec*bat"ic\, a. [See Ecbasis.] (Gram.) Denoting a mere result or consequence, as distinguished from telic, which denotes intention or purpose; thus the phrase ? ?, if rendered "so that it was fulfilled," is ecbatic; if rendered "in order that it might be." etc., is telic.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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