Socratical

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Socratic \So*crat"ic\, Socratical \So*crat"ic*al\, a. [L.
     Socraticus, Gr. ????.]
     Of or pertaining to Socrates, the Grecian sage and teacher.
     (b. c. 469-399), or to his manner of teaching and
     philosophizing.
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     Note: The Socratic method of reasoning and instruction was by
           a series of questions leading the one to whom they were
           addressed to perceive and admit what was true or false
           in doctrine, or right or wrong in conduct.
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