释义 |
prediˈstinguish, v.|priː-| [pre- A. 1.] trans. To distinguish by way of preference. Hence prediˈstinguished ppl. a., distinguished before or above others.
1778Love Feast 25 Of saving Grace a predistinguish'd Heir. 1817Coleridge Lay Serm. in Biog. Lit. (1882) 391 How shall the law predistinguish the ominous screech owl..from the auspicious and friendly birds of warning? |