politic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: politic	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for politic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
politic adj marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness; "it is neither polite nor politic to get into other people's quarrels"; "a politic decision"; "a politic manager"; "a politic old scoundrel"; "a shrewd and politic reply" Antonym(s): impolitic smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error" Synonym(s): politic, smooth, suave, bland
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Politic \Pol"itic\, a. [L. politicus political, Gr. [?] belonging to the citizens or to the state, fr.[?] citizen: cf. F. politique. See {Police}, and cf. {ePolitical}.] 1. Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government; political; as, the body politic. See under {Body}. He with his people made all but one politic* body. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. Pertaining to, or promoting, a policy, especially a national policy; well-devised; adapted to its end, whether right or wrong; -- said of things; as, a politic treaty. [bd]Enrich'd with politic grave counsel.[b8] --Shak. 3. Sagacious in promoting a policy; ingenious in devising and advancing a system of management; devoted to a scheme or system rather than to a principle; hence, in a good sense, wise; prudent; sagacious; and in a bad sense, artful; unscrupulous; cunning; -- said of persons. Politic with my friend, smooth with mine enemy. --Shak. Syn: Wise; prudent; sagacious; discreet; provident; wary; artful; cunning.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Politic \Pol`itic\, n. A politician. [Archaic] --Bacon. Swiftly the politic* goes; is it dark? he borrows a lantern; Slowly the statesman and sure, guiding his feet by the stars. --Lowell.