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▪ I. predesignate, a.|priːˈdɛsɪgnət, -ˈdɛz-|
[f. pre- A. 1 + designate ppl. a.]
a. Designated or specified beforehand.
b. Logic. Of a proposition or term: Having a sign of quantity prefixed.
1837–8Sir W. Hamilton Logic xiii. (1866) I. 244 Propositions have either..their quantity..marked out by a verbal sign, or they have not; such quantity being involved in every actual thought. They may be called in the one case (a) Predesignate; in the other (b) Preindesignate. 1847[see predefinite].
▪ II. preˈdesignate, v. rare.|-neɪt|
[pre- A. 1.]
1. trans. To designate or specify beforehand.
1823Bentham Not Paul 153 In the calamity of dearth may be seen one of those events, of which—especially if the time of it be not predesignated with two rigid an exactness—a prediction may be hazarded.
2. Logic. To designate by prefixing a sign of quantity.
1864Bowen Logic v. 135 note, The English Exclusive particles are, one, only, alone, exclusively, precisely, just, sole, solely, nothing but, &c. These particles annexed to the Subject predesignate the Predicate universally, or to its whole extent.
Hence preˈdesignated ppl. a.
1961J. B. Wilson Reason & Morals ii. 109 People do not consciously adopt a language-game for a deliberate and predesignated purpose. 1973Nation Rev. (Melbourne) 31 Aug. 1449/3 Fortnightly..aficionados of the Australian pit fowl gather at the predesignated meeting place. |