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ponent, a. (n.)|ˈpəʊnənt|
[ad. It. ponente, Sp. poniente, obs. F. ponent, -ant, med.L. (It. 13th c.) ponens, -entem, west, west wind, sunset, lit. setting, pr. pple. of L. pōnĕre to put, place, set, lay down; in Sp. also ‘to set’ as the sun or a star.]
†1. Situated in the west, western; occidental. Also as n. The place or direction of the sunset; the west; the occident. Obs. or arch.
1538Elyot Dict., Occidens, tis, the west, or ponent. 1561Eden Arte Nauig. ii. xvi. 43 The true ponent or west. 1568C. Watson Polyb. 2 b, Nations which inhabite towardes the Ponent, or west parts. 1588Parke tr. Mendoza's Hist. China 2 His next neighbour towards the Ponent is the kingdome of Quachin china. 1667Milton P.L. x. 704 Forth rush the Levant and the Ponent Windes. 1819H. Busk Vestriad iii. 655 The ponent wind in vain he plies.
2. Geol. Name (proposed by H. D. Rogers) for the twelfth of the fifteen subdivisions of the Palæozoic strata of the Appalachian chain.
1858H. D. Rogers Geol. Pennsylv. II. ii. 749 These periods, applicable only to the American Palæozoic day, are the Primal, Auroral, Matinal, Levant,..Ponent, Vespertine, Umbral, and Seral,—signifying the periods, respectively, of the Dawn, Daybreak, Morning, Sunrise,..Sunset, Evening, Dusk, and Nightfall. Ibid. 756 Ponent series, or Catskill Group of New York. 1859Page Handbk. Geol. Terms, Ponent,..the ‘Sunset’ of the North American palæozoics, and the equivalents of our Upper or true Old Red Sandstone.
3. Logic. The posits or affirms.
1837–8Sir W. Hamilton Logic xviii. (1866) I. 344 The Ponent or Constructive Syllogism:—If Socrates be virtuous, then he merits esteem; But Socrates is virtuous; Therefore, he merits esteem. |
