conditional

v. t. 1. To qualify by conditions; to regulate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put under conditions; to render conditional. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram. & Logic) Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense. [ 1913 Webster ]

A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. Whately. [ 1913 Webster ]

The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . . used synonymously. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A limitation. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A conditional word, mode, or proposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals. L. H. Atwater. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms. [ 1913 Webster ]