† pre-averv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To aver or assert beforehand.
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1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. i. 27 Another, past all hope, doth pre-auerr [Fr. predit] The birth of Iohn, Christes holy Harbinger.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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v.1605- to strike a bustle
- to strike a docket
- to strike a good stroke
- to strike a hag in the post
- to strike a hag into the post
- to strike a hard bargain
- to strike a hull
- to strike a light
- to strike a line (also path
- to strike a medical etc off the register
- to strike a medical practitioner off the register
- to strike a name off or now rarely out of
- to strike a name off or out of
- to strike a person a blow
- to strike a person between the eye
- to strike a person between the eyes
- to strike a person in the eye
- to strike a person in the eyes
- to strike a person luck
- to strike a prisoner in the boots
- to strike a rough patch
- to strike a sticky patch
- to strike a stroke
- to strike a tinder
- to strike a —— note