OXFORD 9000
📚 adv • entry_id 23076

a fortiori

/ˌeɪ ˌfɔːɹtiˈɔːɹaɪ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
a fortiori
With stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim.
Now starting and stopping cannot themselves have starts or stops, or, a fortiori, middles either.
We're bound to accept an a fortiori claim because of our prior acceptance of a weaker application of the same reasoning. Frank can't run to the store in less than five minutes, and…
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