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Metaphysics

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The science of real as distinguished from phenomenal being; ontology; also, the science of being, with reference to its abstract and universal conditions, as distinguished from the science of determined or concrete being; the science of the conceptions and relations which are necessarily implied as true of every kind of being; phylosophy in general; first principles, or the science of first principles.

(2):

(n.) Hence: The scientific knowledge of mental phenomena; mental philosophy; psychology.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Metaphysics'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/metaphysics.html. 1828.