ETHIC

ethic|ethical. Ethic, or Ethical, a. moral, of or relating to morals

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{ Eth″ic (?), Eth″ic‐al (?), } a. [[L. ethicus, Gr. �, fr. � custom, usage, character, dwelling; akin to � custom, Goth. sidus, G. sitte, Skr. svadh�, prob. orig., one's own doing; sva self + dh� to set: cf. F. éthique. See So, Do.]] Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy. The ethical meaning of the miracles. Trench. Ethical dative (Gram.), a use of the dative of a pronoun to signify that the person or thing spoken of is regarded with interest by some one; as, Quid mihi Celsus agit? How does my friend Celsus do?