单词 | antepone |
释义 | anteponev. Chiefly Grammar in later use. transitive. To place before in position; to set before in preference; (also) to bring forward in time. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > choose in specific way [verb (transitive)] > choose in preference to others have1340 prefera1393 to have rather1478 fain1483 prelect1620 dextralize1651 antepone1656 savour1714 preference1904 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Antepone, to put or set before, to prefer. 1755 W. Huggins & T. H. Croker tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso II. xlii. lxxxiii Whose beauty, virtue, Rome should antepone To her she once so much did celebrate. 1825 S. Oliver Gen. Crit. Gram. Inglish Lang. 26 A Preposition is a word anteponed to substantives and to pronouns to connect them with other words. 1870 North-China Herald 30 Apr. 300/1 The time of meeting has been anteponed to 10 a.m., to allow for prolonged discussion. 1918 Independent (N.Y.) 28 Dec. 439 It was a horse..that anteponed his end. A year before he died he was thrown out of a wagon, and fell on his spine. 1956 Philippine Jrnl. Sci. 85 250 Nasals: Voiced bilabial, alveolar, and velar: /m/..‘particle anteponed to Christian name of man’. 1992 A. Ferenčková in J. Kačala et al. Reader in Slovak Linguistics 140 The TC is usually anteponed, emphasizing and restrictive particles are at this shade of temporal relation not used. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1656 |
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