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单词 precursion
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precursionn.

Brit. /prᵻˈkəːʃn/, /ˌpriːˈkəːʃn/, U.S. /priˈkərʒ(ə)n/, /prəˈkərʒ(ə)n/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praecursiōn-, praecursiō.
Etymology: < classical Latin praecursiōn-, praecursiō fact of preceding, previous occurrence, a preliminary < praecurs- , past participial stem of praecurrere to run in front of, to precede (see precurrent adj.) + -iō -ion suffix1.
rare.
The action or process of precursing or forerunning; an instance of this; = precurse n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [noun]
foreshowinga1050
foretokeninga1300
prefigurationa1382
premonstrationc1429
prenotationa1550
presignification1578
precursea1591
ostentation1607
precursion1615
prefigurement1708
foreshadowing1847
the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun] > antecedent or precursor > being a precursor
precursion1615
preluding1858
1615 J. H. This Worlds Folly sig. Cv These prodigious precursions, or precursiue prodigies, should deterre each humane creature from spurning against his Creator.
1618 Owles Almanacke 57 Only if you pardon this precursion, it may so happen, that as I haue here chattered of your vernall age, so I may hereafter tell you of your winter blasts.
1701 T. Beverley Grand Apoc. Question 15 That such a State of Empire, was at the change of that from Pagan to Christian as a Precursion to it.
1817 Times 25 Aug. 4/1 (advt.) Notions of the Hindu astronomers, concerning the precursion of the equinoxes and motions of the planets.
1914 Gazette (Stevens Point, Wisconsin) 30 Sept. 1/5 If the first entertainment of the course is a precursion of what is to follow, the..ticket holders are assured of a firstclass course.
1985 R. Howard tr. R. Barthes Responsibility of Forms i. 153 Masson's semiograms, by a kind of unexpected precursion, ‘take up’ in advance the chief propositions of a theory of the text which twenty years ago did not exist.
2009 P. Boumelha in A. Poole Cambr. Compan. Eng. Novelists xv. 247 Her first effort is a collection of poems,..the aim of which is said to be ‘to justify the ways of girls to men’... The Miltonic allusion immediately invokes an awe-inspiring instance of literary precursion.

Derivatives

precursionary adj. Obsolete rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] > precursory
precursory1605
precursive1615
precurrent1628
van-currenta1657
procursive1659
precursionary1839
precursal1845
1839 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 45 217 The landlords not named in the lists of Precursionary proscription were to be regarded popular and unattainted.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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