\Sys`tem*at"ic\, Systematical \Sys`tem*at"ic*al\, a.
[Gr. ?: cf. F. syst['e]matique.]
1. Of or pertaining to system; consisting in system;
   methodical; formed with regular connection and adaptation
   or subordination of parts to each other, and to the design
   of the whole; as, a systematic arrangement of plants or
   animals; a systematic course of study.
         Now we deal much in essays, and unreasonably despise
         systematical learning; whereas our fathers had a
         just value for regularity and systems. --I. Watts.
         A representation of phenomena, in order to answer
         the purposes of science, must be systematic.
                                               --Whewell.
2. Proceeding according to system, or regular method; as, a
   systematic writer; systematic benevolence.
3. Pertaining to the system of the world; cosmical.
         These ends may be called cosmical, or systematical.
                                               --Boyle.
4. (Med.) Affecting successively the different parts of the
   system or set of nervous fibres; as, systematic
   degeneration.
{Systematic theology}. See under {Theology}.