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precompose, v.|priːkəmˈpəʊz|
[pre- A. 1.]
trans. To compose beforehand.
1648Herrick Hesper., To Mistr. Amie Potter, Nature has pre-compos'd us both to love. 1651H. L'Estrange Smectymnus-mastix 30 Every man is best able to know whether his own prayers be precomposed, or of sudden conception. 1799C. Winter in Jay Mem. & Lett. (1843) 27 It is very easy to distinguish them [sermons] which were precomposed, from others which were preached extempore.
Hence precomˈposed ppl. a.
1741Chr. Liturgy Pref., Those who pray extempore,..say, that precomposed Forms stint and restrain the Spirit of God in its Operations. 1861Sat. Rev. 21 Dec. 632 The professional lecturer commonly has a set of precomposed lectures,..any of which he is ready to deliver anywhere on the receipt of his fee. |