in Medicine, that judgment or method of cure which a physician forms to himself from a due examination of symptoms.

in Physics, the increase of the power or energy of any quality; as heat, cold, &c. by which it stands opposed to remission, which signifies its decrease or diminution.

in Metaphysics, denotes an exertion of the intellectual faculties with more than ordinary vigour; when the mind with earnestness fixes its view on any idea, considers it on all sides, and will not be called off by any solicitation.