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单词 pregravation
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pregravationn.

Forms: 1600s pregrauation, 1700s pregravation.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praegravation-, praegravatio.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin praegravation-, praegravatio heaviness (4th cent.), burden (5th cent.) < classical Latin praegravāt- , past participial stem of praegravāre pregravate v. + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare later pregravate v.
Obsolete. rare.
The state of being overwhelmed (by grief); overwhelming grief.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [noun] > great sorrow or grief
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1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Pregrauation, great griefe.
1796 R. Shepherd tr. Polyaenus Stratagems (ed. 2) 88 Possessing a mind above the pregravation of despair, he did not relinquish all hopes of safety.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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