| 释义 |
precontrive, v.|priːkənˈtraɪv|
[f. pre- A. 1 + contrive v.]
trans. To contrive beforehand. So preconˈtrivance [pre- A. 2].
1751Warburton Pope's Wks., Ess. Man iii. 295 note, When the mind had the will to raise the arm to the head, the body was so pre-contrived, as to raise, at that very moment, the part required. 1840Carlyle Heroes iii. (1858) 265 Shakspeare's Art is not Artifice; the noblest worth of it is not there by plan or precontrivance. |