Quasi

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·- As if; as though; as it were; in a manner sense or degree; having some resemblance to; qualified;

— used as an adjective, or a prefix with a noun or an adjective; as, a quasi contract, an implied contract, an obligation which has arisen from some act, as if from a contract; a quasi corporation, a body that has some, but not all, of the peculiar attributes of a corporation; a quasi argument, that which resembles, or is used as, an argument; quasi historical, apparently historical, seeming to be historical.

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quasi
quăsĭ (old form QVĂSEI, Tab. Bantin. lin. 10; Inscr. Orell. 2488), adv. [quamsi]. I Lit., as if ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
quasi
qua-si adv. I I I. In hypothetical comparison, as if, just as if, as though: modo intr...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Quasi corporation
·add. ·- A corporation consisting of a person or body of persons invested with some of the qualities...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Quasi-public corporation
·add. ·- A corporation, such as a railroad company, lighting company, water company, ·etc., organize...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language