单词 | forename |
释义 | forenamen. A person's first or ‘Christian’ name; in Roman History = praenomen n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > first name first namea1325 forename1534 praenomen1603 pre-name1728 front name1877 1534 W. Marshall tr. Erasmus Playne & Godly Expos. Commune Crede f. 74 The name and the forename of Pylate. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 320 His sonne carrying the same fore-name [Bartholomew]. a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 753 It was provided by an Edict, that none of that family should have the forename of Marcus. 1716 M. Davies Crit. Hist. 99 in Athenæ Britannicæ III The Ancient Roman Women had a Fore-name, or a Christen-Name besides their Sir Name. 1872 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. Sept. 253 The counsellor whose name is Reason, whose forename is Interest. 1883 Academy 15 Dec. 394 Mary Martha Brooke, whose twofold fore-name is intended to symbolise her character. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † forenamev. Obsolete. transitive. a. To name or mention beforehand. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > mention or speak of > mention beforehand formela1400 forename1490 prenote1570 prenominate1609 foremention1664 1490 [see forenamed adj. at Derivatives]. 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God v. xvi. 220 The vertues of such worthies as wee fore-named. b. To give a name to beforehand. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > name or call beforehand forenamea1634 forecall1881 a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 53 Behold a Virgin shall conceave A Sonne, fore nam'd Emmanuel. Derivatives ˈforenamed adj. named or mentioned before; fore-cited; also absol. or elliptical. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > [adjective] > commenting or mentioning > aforementioned foresaidc1000 beforesaida1250 before-nameda1325 said1327 same1338 abovesaid1389 aforesaid1389 said1397 foretolda1400 above-written1413 y-aforsayde1422 rememberedc1425 toforesaid1444 aforenamedc1460 fore-mindeda1475 forenamed1490 forn-said1509 prenominatea1513 above?1515 above-named1525 premised?c1525 before-mentioned1534 aforementioned1539 predicted1546 prenominated1547 above-mentioned1550 before-told1556 above-cited1575 forementioned1587 supranominated1599 before-delivered1606 former1607 prementioned1620 precited1638 before-noticed1703 oversaid1840 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xiii. 47 The two sustres fore named. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 317 This foirnamit king. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. i. 2 Besides the two forenamed there is found a thirde kinde. 1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 224 The forenamed Axiomes are compounded of simple axiomes. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 55 Besides the fore-named, they had Neptune. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews viii. xi, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 257 The woman..grieved at the death of the forenamed child. 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 30 Flour which is mixed with the fore-named adulterations. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1534v.1490 |
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