| 释义 |
predeclare, v. rare.|priːdɪˈklɛə(r)|
[f. pre- A. 1 + declare; cf. obs. F. prédéclarer (16th c.).]
trans. To declare or announce beforehand.
1633Massinger Guardian i. i, I do not carry An almanack in my bones, to pre-declare What weather we shall have. a1711Ken Hymns Evang. Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 77 For God Incarnate shalt [thou] the Way prepare, His wonderful Salvation pre-declare. 1855Milman Lat. Chr. xiv. x. (1864) IX. 355 It is believed by few that the Priest..has the power of irrevocably predeclaring the doom of his fellow men. |