释义 |
premove, v. rare.|priːˈmuːv| [ad. late L. præmovēre to move (anything) beforehand, f. præ, pre- A. 1 + movēre to move.] trans. To move or influence beforehand; to impel or incite to action.
1598Florio, Premosso, promoted, preferred, premooued. 1663Baxter Divine Life 141 It followeth that we have no certainty when God premoveth an Apostle or Prophet to speak true, and when to speak falsly. 1675― Cath. Theol. ii. viii. 190 It performeth that Act because it is premoved to it. 1867W. G. Ward Ess. Philos. Theism (1884) II. 187 note, Let it be assumed, then, that God does premove earthly phenomena. Hence preˈmovement. rare.
1867W. G. Ward Ess. Philos. Theism (1884) II. 172 It does not follow..because they are fixed that they proceed independently of God's constant and unremitting ‘premovement’. [Note] We do not say ‘premotion’, because this word has a special sense in the Thomistic philosophy, totally distinct from that here intended. |