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单词 precogitation
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precogitationn.

Brit. /priːˌkɒdʒᵻˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /priˌkɑdʒəˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: 1500s 1700s– precogitation, 1600s praecogitation.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praecogitation-, praecogitatio.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin praecogitation-, praecogitatio preliminary consideration (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < classical Latin praecōgitāt- , past participial stem of praecōgitāre precogitate v. + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare Middle French precogitation (1449).
Previous consideration or meditation; a thinking-over beforehand; a prior reflection or idea.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun] > consideration beforehand
forethoughta1400
premeditationc1450
precogitation1596
precogitancy?a1645
prepense1847
1596 J. Norden Progr. Pietie sig. A7v Wee may proceed on in our progresse, with this precogitation following.
1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus v, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 200 To spin out our awaking thoughts into the phantasmes of sleep, which often continueth præcogitations; making Cables of Cobwebbes and Wildernesses of handsome Groves.
1712 E. Ward Misc. Writings (ed. 2) III. iii. 176 Theophilus, on due precogitation, 'Twill be conducing to our Preservation, That you step backward to the Rubbish-Hovel, And thence advance the longest Paring-shovel.
1818 S. T. Coleridge Friend (new ed.) III. 181 This purpose may have been itself excited, and this ‘pre-cogitation’ itself abstracted from the perceived likenesses and differences of the objects to be arranged.
1846 J. Harris Pre-Adamite Earth Pref. p. ix ‘The mind’, says Lord Bacon, ‘must bring to every experiment a “precogitation”, or antecedent idea.’
1953 Brit. Jrnl. Philos. Sci. 4 162 I believe apparent precogitation is to be explained in terms of an abnormal, or statistically infrequent, type of orientation of the experient with respect to space-(phase) time.
1987 Toronto Star (Nexis) 19 Jan. d1 A great deal of pre-cogitation goes on before he starts a composition.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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