单词 | predominion |
释义 | predominionn. rare after 18th cent. Superior influence or power; prevalence; = predominance n. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > predominance or preponderance > [noun] predominy?a1475 weight1569 predomination1592 predominance1595 predominancy1598 ascendant1607 predominion1607 prepotency1623 overweight1626 overbearance1639 preponderation1650 prepollency1663 preponderancy1689 the transcendent1691 overpoise1697 preponderance1704 prepollence1730 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse vi. 39 Of the predominion of any element,..the complection hath his peculiar denomination. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Predominio A fore-rule or predominion. 1652 tr. Choice Novels & Amarous Tales iv. 76 The Chamber was enlightned with the full rays of the Moon, and sent forth such a doubtful light, acknowledging the pre-dominion of darkness, so that he could not so clearly see. 1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana ii. iii. 103 The difference resteth only in the external Apparence, arising fro the prædominion of such or such over such or such parts of the Consimilar Principles. 1720 Bibliotheca Biblica I. x. 267 He seems..to have been call'd..Ham or Cham from Hhamam to be Hot; as possibly signifying the Predominion of Heat in him above his other Brothers. 1761 J. Cleland Instit. Health 11 The gastric juices are but too susceptible of the predominion of the acid. 1993 S. P. Turner E. Durkheim vi. 142 The exchange leads to—given the independence of the contracting parties and the consequent predominion of the contingency—a kind of relationship that cannot on its own produce a stable relationship. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1607 |
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