单词 | pre-mortuary |
释义 | > as lemmaspre-mortuary pre-mortuary adj. Brit. , U.S. occurring, or relating to what may occur, before death.ΚΠ 1854 U.S. Rev. Nov. 375 The attempt to seize the ‘Sick Man's’ property, while the said invalid yet retained a very alarming amount of spasmodic and pre-mortuary vitality, was premature. 1880 A. M. Fairbairn Stud. Life Christ (1881) xiv. 244 A covenant may be a sort of pre-mortuary testament. 1996 Population: Eng. Select. 8 76 A number of Moroccan physicians have..informed us that they observe this phenomenon of ‘pre-mortuary’ return to the homeland. < as lemmas |
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