单词 | predivine |
释义 | predivinev. Now rare. transitive. To divine beforehand; to foretell, prognosticate; to presage, portend. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > predict, foretell [verb (transitive)] fore-sayc900 bodeOE before-sayOE before-tella1382 foretella1400 prognostica1400 tella1400 prenosticate?a1475 prenostic1477 prognosticatec1487 forespeak1489 prognostify1495 foreshow1561 prenunce1563 presage1569 boden1573 forewarn1582 predict1590 forehalsen1594 foresignify1597 prognosticon1602 predivine1607 forespell1611 predicate1623 prenuntiate1623 preadmonish1644 forebode1664 prediction1665 prenotea1711 bespeak1721 pre-announce1793 prophesize1848 to call for ——1895 pick1909 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 144 Which did..predivine the..eloquence of Plato. c1616 R. C. Certaine Poems in Times' Whistle (1871) 146 Astronomers..Can pre-divine of famines, plagues, & warres. 1622 J. Donne Serm. XV. Verse XX. Chap. Iudges 42 All such as..be the intention neuer so sincere, will presage, and prognosticate, and prediuine sinister and mischieuous effects from it. 1660 G. Wither Speculum Speculativum 13 June in Misc. Wks. (1872–7) V. 57 A Reconcilement be before We have provok'd God's patience one year more, Lest I my self be made another signe Of what the former Symptomes pre-divine. 1944 G. S. Fraser Home Town Elegy 13 You the defender and attacker are The common symbol of love quarantined Within one body, weary of that war Where all retreats and feints are predivined. 1998 Re: Surprise Confession in alt.religion.scientology (Usenet newsgroup) 15 Oct. Just grant your money to people that don't come to you and for different reasons that cannot be pre-divined and thus influenced by some clever con-man (or woman!). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1607 |
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