单词 | foreset |
释义 | foresetadj. 1. /fɔəˈsɛt/ Set or determined beforehand. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > characterized by or given to premeditation > premeditated forethoughtc1425 precogitatec1475 prepensed1528 foreset?1545 perpensed?c1550 premeditatea1555 premeditated1583 foreplotted1641 precogitateda1652 predeliberated1671 prepense1688 calculated1863 ?1545 J. Bale 2nd Pt. Image Both Churches ii. sig. Nviiv To committ them by faythfull prayer to his purposed decrees or foreset ordinaunces. 1671 A. Woodhead in tr. Life St. Teresa Pref. 2 Rigidly exacting of herself the foreset portion of time for it. 2. /ˈfɔəsɛt/. Geology. [directly < fore- prefix + set adj.1] In a delta or similar deposit, designating a series of inclined layers of sediment formed by successive deposition on the advancing forward slope and usually situated between bottom-set beds and top-set beds. Also elliptical. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [adjective] > of or belonging to a stratum > deposited by water > inclined bottom-set1894 foreset1905 1905 T. C. Chamberlin & R. D. Salisbury Geol. iii. 191 The sediment rolled at the bottom of the current is dumped on reaching the steep slope, and constitutes the inclined fore-set beds... The material in suspension is carried farther, settles more gradually, and constitutes the bottom-set beds. 1939 W. H. Twenhofel Princ. Sedimentation xiv. 507 Foreset lengths are largely directly controlled by quantity of sands and inversely by velocity of currents. Foresets may range in length to 30 meters or more but about 3 meters is an average high maximum. 1942 C. A. Cotton Geomorphol. (ed. 3) xv. 206 In a delta some of the silt layers are covered over by advancing fore-set beds, and then become the bottom-set beds of the delta. 1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. ii. 183 As more and more foreset beds are laid down, the mouth of the river is carried out into the lake. 1971 Nature 13 Aug. 448/1 The foreset slopes of major deltas. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019). foresetv.ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > front > be in front of [verb (transitive)] > place in front (of) foresetc825 to lay … beforec1000 again-puta1425 again-seta1425 preponea1513 prefer?1541 prepose?1541 prefix1604 prefacea1658 c825 Vesp. Psalter lxxxv[i]. 14 Ða unrehtwisan..na [MS. non] foresetton þec beforan gesihþe his. a1300 E.E. Psalter cxxxvi[i]. 6 If I for-set Þe noght Ierusalem, ai, In biginning of mi fainenes al dai. 2. To set, arrange, or settle beforehand; to prearrange, predetermine. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > predestine or predetermine [verb (transitive)] shapea1000 dightc1000 besee1297 weirda1300 destinec1300 ordainc1390 ettlea1400 destinyc1400 eure1428 fortunec1430 foreordainc1440 order1532 preordain1533 predefine1542 prefine1545 destinate1548 fore-pointa1557 fore-appoint1561 pre-ordinate1565 foreset1573 forepurpose1581 sort1592 predestinate1593 predetermine1601 pre-appoint1603 forecall1613 fatea1616 predesign1630 predeterminate1637 pre-order1640 predestine1642 ordinate1850 foreordinate1858 preset1926 1573 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalipse (rev. ed.) xlvii. f. 143v Hereby is the tyme betokened and foreset. 1587 Misfort. Arth. ii. iii No Fate But is foreset. 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 150 To foresee, and foreset the daies and times for his judgements. 1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 47 No man can foreset thy coming. Derivatives foreˈsetting n. the action of setting or arranging beforehand; also quasi-concrete a purpose. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > predestination foresettinga1300 destiningc1300 ordainingc1350 ordinationc1450 pre-ordinance1486 destinacy1490 predestination?1503 pre-ordination1527 foreordinance1530 predefinition?1548 fore-appointing1589 destination1598 ordainment1605 foreordination1620 predeterminationa1628 fatalitya1631 destinating1633 predesignationa1641 foreordaining1667 preordainmenta1847 pre-appointment1850 pre-election1860 foreordainment1879 providentialism1927 a1300 E.E. Psalter xlviii. 5 [xlix. 4] I sal open in sauter mi forsettinge. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxxv. 3) The foresettinge of ende and measure untoo mischaunces. ΚΠ 1561 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc ii. ii Whan kinges of foreset wyll neglecte the rede Of best aduise. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.?1545v.c825 |
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