| 释义 |
beˈforeness rare.
[f. before + -ness: cf. aforeness.]
Priority, anteriority, pre-existence.
1625Gill Sacr. Philos. i. 57 In the infinitie of being..therefore there can bee no beforenesse nor afternesse. 1908‘Mrs. Willett’ Let. 9 Oct. in Proc. Soc. Psychical Res. (1935) XLIII. 49 The words seemed to form in my brain before the pen set them down, just before, as if tripping on the written word—a sort of hair's-breadth beforeness. |