venatic

ve·nat·ic

 (vē-năt′ĭk) also ve·nat·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)
adj.
1. Of or relating to hunting.
2. Engaging in hunting for sport or livelihood.

[Latin vēnāticus, from vēnātus, past participle of vēnārī, to hunt; see wen- in Indo-European roots.]
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venatic

(viːˈnætɪk) or

venatical

adj
1. (Hunting) of, relating to, or used in hunting
2. (Hunting) (of people) engaged in or given to hunting
[C17: from Latin vēnāticus, from vēnārī to hunt]
veˈnatically adv
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The mystery novel, with its clever detectives, before whom truth is revealed, supports historiography, since the latter is under the sign of being "guided by chance and curiosity." "Embryo" precisely naturalizes these aspects of the ancestry of historiography, an origin in venatic actions, but always present (the meaning of sui generis) when the right combination happens, as when Cuvier cites Zadig to support paleontology's use of conjecture, the "cloven hoof" allowing for the guess that the animal was a "ruminator": "When causes cannot be produced, there is nothing to do but to deduce them from their effects" (117).