单词 | premove |
释义 | premovev.ΚΠ 1531 in J. Cooper Cartularium Eccl. St. Nicholai Aberdonensis (1892) II. 362 Aye and qll the said Patrik be premovit to the order of prestheid. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes at Premosso Promoted, preferred, premooued. c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1920) I. 89 To all prelattis..be quhatsumeuir tytillis they salbe named, on any preferred dignitie they salbe premoved unto. 1661 Marquis of Argyll Def. against Grand Indytement High Treason 48 Every member of Parliament shall..express themselves upon..every thing which is propounded in so far as they think in their conscience may conduce to the glory of God, the peace of the Church and State, and employ their best endeavours to premove the same. c1703 Exact Conformity Princ. & Practices Scots Non-conformists 4 The success that the Presbyterians had [in] the late troubles against the King and his adherents, were undeniable Signs of God's Favour to that party; and to follow and premove their Success, was to follow Providence. 2. transitive. Philosophy and Theology. Esp. of God: to move or influence (the will) in advance; to impel or incite to action. Cf. premotion n. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > beforehand premove1663 1663 R. Baxter Divine Life 141 It followeth that we have no certainty when God premoveth an Apostle or Prophet to speak true, and when to speak falsly. 1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. viii. 190 It performeth that Act because it is premoved to it. 1711 J. Humfrey Peace in Divinity 6 I do not relish that Doctrine of physical Predetermination, which makes God to premove the free Agent to every Act of Sin, as well as to good Acts. 1867 W. G. Ward Ess. Philos. Theism (1884) II. 187 (note) Let it be assumed, then, that God does premove earthly phenomena. 1922 G. H. Joyce Princ. Nat. Theol. xvi. §5 Inanimate substances have, each of them, certain specific characteristics which determine what their activities shall be: and they are premoved to such action as these inherent ‘forms’ require. DerivativesΚΠ 1867 W. G. Ward Ess. Philos. Theism (1884) II. 172 It does not follow..because they are fixed that they proceed independently of God's constant and unremitting ‘premovement’. [Note] We do not say ‘premotion’, because this word has a special sense in the Thomistic philosophy, totally distinct from that here intended. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1531 |
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