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单词 predivine
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predivinev.

Brit. /ˌpriːdᵻˈvʌɪn/, U.S. /ˌpridəˈvaɪn/
Forms: 1600s prediuine, 1600s 1900s– predivine.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin praedīvīnāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin praedīvīnāre to have foreknowledge of, divine < prae- pre- prefix + dīvīnāre divine v. Compare French †prédiviner (1530 in Middle French). Compare slightly earlier predivination n.
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).
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