单词 | pre-ordinate |
释义 | † pre-ordinateadj.2 Obsolete. Superior in rank, importance, or degree. Also with to. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > surpassing excellence > [adjective] sunderlyOE noblec1330 precellentc1384 passantc1385 especialc1386 passinga1387 surmountingc1407 superlative?a1430 precelling?1435 pre-eminenta1460 outrepassed1477 divine1488 pre-excellenta1500 superexcellent1508 transcending1528 pre-ordinate1543 exceeding1552 superexcelling1554 exquisite1578 surpassingc1580 summary1587 paragon1593 transcendent1598 overmatchful1609 termless1609 overtoppinga1615 paramounta1626 overtowering1639 surpassant1654 transcendental1701 superior1711 towery1731 prize1739 supernala1817 tiptopsome1819 tip-topping1826 par excellence1839 superfine1850 towering1894 1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 130 (MED) Sir Bedwer then at that feast was boteler, A thousande knightes with hym consociate..Clad all in graye of pelury preordinate, That was full riche, accordyng to there estate. 1801 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) III. 473 In other cases..the general executive is certainly pre-ordinate. 1863 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Bk. Gen. (i. 1) 31 The stars, which are co-ordinate with the sun, and pre-ordinate to the moon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021). pre-ordinatev. Now somewhat archaic. transitive. To ordain or decide in advance, esp. by divine will or fate; predetermine, predestine. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > predestine or predetermine [verb (transitive)] shapea1000 dightc1000 besee1297 weirda1300 destinec1300 ordainc1390 ettlea1400 destinyc1400 eure1428 fortunec1430 foreordainc1440 order1532 preordain1533 predefine1542 prefine1545 destinate1548 fore-pointa1557 fore-appoint1561 pre-ordinate1565 foreset1573 forepurpose1581 sort1592 predestinate1593 predetermine1601 pre-appoint1603 forecall1613 fatea1616 predesign1630 predeterminate1637 pre-order1640 predestine1642 ordinate1850 foreordinate1858 preset1926 1565 T. Stapleton tr. Bede Hist. Church Eng. ii. xiv. f. 68 They beleaued him..who were preordinated to lyfe euerlasting. 1600 J. Hamilton Facile Traictise viii. 155 What blasphemie is this agans God wha preordinate hir from al æternitie to be the Mother of the Saueour? 1654 J. Owen Doctr. Saints Persev. in Wks. (1853) XI. 156 To preordinate, I fear, in Mr. Goodwin's sense, is but to predispose men by some good dispositions in themselves. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxviii. 230 It was preordinated for thee. 1701 A. D'Andilly tr. F. Josephus Wks. 55 God delivered Joseph..by preordinating this means and manner of his liberty. 1854 A. G. De Gurowski Russia as It is (ed. 2) xiii. 308 Creating and preordinating all the multifarious and extensive manifestations of its activity in the various points of the empire. 1980 Times 26 Mar. 12/1 One of the most serious alleged offences involved four players who ‘preordinated’ the result of the Milan v Lazio match. 1994 Voice 18 Oct. (24 Hrs. Suppl.) 9/1 Her determination to stay with the man who she feels has been pre-ordinated to be her lover..is exhausting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.21543v.1565 |
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