单词 | precondemn |
释义 | precondemnv. transitive. To condemn beforehand. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > predestine or predetermine [verb (transitive)] > to disaster doom1603 predamn1624 precondemna1631 predoom1769 a1631 [see precondemning adj. at Derivatives]. 1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix Ep. Ded. *iv They will quite reject and precondemne them, ere they have once examined them. 1716 G. Hickes Constit. Catholick Church 234 When Bishops openly teach Heretical Doctrines, expressly precondemn'd in Scripture or by the Church; we are to leave them as false Teachers. 1797 M. Robinson Walsingham II. xxxix. 220 It [sc. a play] was..precondemned as soon as rehearsed, and completely damned before it could offer up a prayer for salvation. 1829 Times 9 Nov. 2/4 The multitude..have already prejudged and precondemned him. 1864 Realm 30 Mar. 2 The Judge of the Assize Court of Aix..sate as judge, having precondemned the prisoner in his own mind. 1989 Internat. Jrnl. Middle East Stud. 21 223 The little that was known or remembered of Isma῾ili history tended to precondemn the prisoners. Derivatives preconˈdemned adj. ΚΠ 1781 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 5781 Unless she can procure some man to adopt the [illegitimate] child as his own, not all the strong affections of a mother..can save the life of the precondemned innocent. 1890 T. De W. Talmage From Manger to Throne 587 There stood Jesus..the pre-condemned victim of an ecclesiastical..mob. 2001 Scotsman (Nexis) 8 Jan. 15 A very politicised and sensational trial of pre-condemned terrorists. ΚΠ a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1957) III. 95 Not things which make him an unmercifull, a cruell, a precondemning God. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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