单词 | precurse |
释义 | precursen. rare. A heralding or foreshadowing of future events.In modern use frequently with allusion to curse n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [noun] foreshowinga1050 foretokeninga1300 prefigurationa1382 premonstrationc1429 prenotationa1550 presignification1578 precursea1591 ostentation1607 precursion1615 prefigurement1708 foreshadowing1847 a1591 C. Hatton Treat. conc. Statutes (1677) iii. 23 I will not stand upon defining the Members of these divisions..for they bear their Names and Natures in their forehead, so far forth as doth in this precurse and preparation to the rest of this work. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. i. 106 + 14 And euen the like precurse of fierce euents, As harbindgers preceading still the fates. 1857 Harper's Mag 15 645/1 They, too, joined in the dread pre-curse. All else was painfully still..nought but the never-ceasing, doleful murmur that thrilled the hearts of those who knew its dread import. 1998 Sarasota (Florida) Herald-Tribune (Nexis) 29 Aug. a16 What we're worrying about here is how we'll feel afterward, without even being able to anticipate any pleasure during—such is the precurse of precursory journalism. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] > precursory precursory1605 precursive1615 precurrent1628 van-currenta1657 procursive1659 precursionary1839 precursal1845 1845 G. S. Faber Eight Diss. I. iii. v. 262 When John began his precursal ministry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). precursev. transitive. To be a precursor to; to run or occur before; to herald, portend. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > precede or come before [verb (transitive)] forecomea1300 precede?a1425 fore-run1590 usher1607 eve1638 to usher in1641 surmounta1647 antevene1655 antedate1664 antecedea1676 anticipate1855 precourse1888 predate1889 precursea1892 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > prefigure [verb (transitive)] forecomea1300 to say beforec1384 signifyc1384 pretendc1425 prefigurec1429 preostendc1429 prefigurate1530 prefigurate1530 adumbrate1537 promise1556 premonstrate1562 foresignify1565 presignify1570 shadow1574 foreshadow1577 presage1583 fore-run1590 presign1590 fore-read1591 figure1595 type forth, out1596 fore-point1601 foreshow1601 prophesy1608 foretella1616 foretypea1618 forebode1656 harbingera1657 pretypify1658 pretype1659 forespeak1667 to figure out1721 forecast1883 favour1887 precourse1888 precursea1892 a1892 Ld. Tennyson Devil & Lady (1930) iii. i. 58 A quick decision i' the nick of time Outruns mature deliberation As the strong gush o' th' tide in some strait river Precurses the more sober ocean. 1954 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 20 106 Volume I opens with the documents precursing the University Act. 1986 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 17 Dec. 1 About 800 cases of AIDS-Related Complex—itself a devastating illness, which often precurses AIDS. 2005 Denver Post (Nexis) 22 July b6 The only way to know if short-term weather events precurse long-term climate change is by collecting years and years of scientific data. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1591v.a1892 |
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