pre-actv.

Brit.

/ˌpriːˈakt/, U.S.

/ˌpriˈæk(t)/

Forms: 1600s prae-act, 1600s– pre-act.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, act v.

Etymology: < pre- prefix + act v. Compare post-classical Latin preagere (c1220, 1344 in British sources).

rare.

transitive and intransitive. To act beforehand.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > act or do [verb (intransitive)] > beforehand

pre-act1655

foreact1757

proact1956

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > precede or come before [verb (transitive)] > anticipate or forestall

before-takea1382

preventc1425

devance1485

prevenea1500

lurch1530

to take before the bounda1556

to be aforehand with1570

to be beforehand with1574

to meet halfwaya1586

preoccupate1588

forestall1589

fore-run1591

surprise1591

antedate1595

foreprise1597

preoccupy1607

preoccupy1638

pre-act1655

anticipatea1682

obviate1712

to head off1841

beat1847

to beat out1893

pre-empt1957

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. xi. 146 Those [recreations], which, though acted after Evening-Service, must needs be preacted by the fancy..all the day before.

1660 A. Sadler Subjects Joy 2 She also (to acheer the King) doth..præsagingly præact his just Inauguration.

a1667 G. Wither Triple Paradox in Misc. Wks. (1872–7) II. 22 The terrours of that Dungeon I fore-stall, I, (as it were) pre-act my Funeral.

1789 R. Broome Lett. Simpkin the Second (new ed.) xxxix. 208 While judgement's rod, usurping hands assume, Fore-stall conviction, and pre-act the doom.

a1845 T. Hood Wks. (1862–3) I. 129 All our acts of life are pre-ordain'd, And each pre-acted, in our several spheres, By ghostly duplicates.

1991 Wellsboro (Pa.) Gaz. 18 Sept. 2/2 Farm Safety requires farmers to pre-act rather than react to danger.

Derivatives

pre-ˈacting adj. and n.

ΚΠ

1870 R. A. Proctor Other Worlds than Ours viii. 179 There is no form of force which is not the representative of some other pre-acting form of force.

1913 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 10 219 The rite or dromenon is the magical re-acting or pre-acting of the second-birth in order to induce it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pre-act
释义	pre-actv. Brit. /ˌpriːˈakt/, U.S. /ˌpriˈæk(t)/ Forms: 1600s prae-act, 1600s– pre-act. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, act v. Etymology: < pre- prefix + act v. Compare post-classical Latin preagere (c1220, 1344 in British sources). rare. transitive and intransitive. To act beforehand. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > act or do [verb (intransitive)] > beforehand pre-act1655 foreact1757 proact1956 the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > precede or come before [verb (transitive)] > anticipate or forestall before-takea1382 preventc1425 devance1485 prevenea1500 lurch1530 to take before the bounda1556 to be aforehand with1570 to be beforehand with1574 to meet halfwaya1586 preoccupate1588 forestall1589 fore-run1591 surprise1591 antedate1595 foreprise1597 preoccupy1607 preoccupy1638 pre-act1655 anticipatea1682 obviate1712 to head off1841 beat1847 to beat out1893 pre-empt1957 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. xi. 146 Those [recreations], which, though acted after Evening-Service, must needs be preacted by the fancy..all the day before. 1660 A. Sadler Subjects Joy 2 She also (to acheer the King) doth..præsagingly præact his just Inauguration. a1667 G. Wither Triple Paradox in Misc. Wks. (1872–7) II. 22 The terrours of that Dungeon I fore-stall, I, (as it were) pre-act my Funeral. 1789 R. Broome Lett. Simpkin the Second (new ed.) xxxix. 208 While judgement's rod, usurping hands assume, Fore-stall conviction, and pre-act the doom. a1845 T. Hood Wks. (1862–3) I. 129 All our acts of life are pre-ordain'd, And each pre-acted, in our several spheres, By ghostly duplicates. 1991 Wellsboro (Pa.) Gaz. 18 Sept. 2/2 Farm Safety requires farmers to pre-act rather than react to danger. Derivatives pre-ˈacting adj. and n. ΚΠ 1870 R. A. Proctor Other Worlds than Ours viii. 179 There is no form of force which is not the representative of some other pre-acting form of force. 1913 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 10 219 The rite or dromenon is the magical re-acting or pre-acting of the second-birth in order to induce it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1655
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