Con*di"tion*al (?), a. [L.
conditionalis.] 1. Containing,
implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not
absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a
conditional promise.
Every covenant of God with man . . . may justly be
made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional
punishment annexed and declared.
Bp. Warburton.
2. (Gram. & Logic) Expressing a
condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or
tense.
A conditional proposition is one which
asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on
another.
Whately.
The words hypothetical and conditional may
be . . . used synonymously.
J. S. Mill.
Con*di"tion*al, n.
1. A limitation. [Obs.]
Bacon.
2. A conditional word, mode, or
proposition.
Disjunctives may be turned into
conditionals.
L. H. Atwater.
