precationn.

Brit.

/prᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S.

/prəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: 1500s precacion, 1500s– precation.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin precātiōn-, precātiō.

Etymology: < classical Latin precātiōn-, precātiō act of supplication, prayer, formula of words used in prayer < precāt- , past participial stem of precārī to pray ( < prec- , prex prayer, entreaty: see preces n.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Middle French precation prayer (1501 or earlier; compare French précation rhetorical supplication formula (1869)).

Now rare.

Praying, supplication; a prayer, an entreaty.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty > beseeching or importuning

beseechinga1350

suit1372

beggingc1380

pursuita1393

supplicationa1393

cravingc1430

entreating1525

solicitation1533

entreatance1548

precation1548

suiting1560

soliciting1570

imploration1575

importuning1582

implore1590

suing1591

treating1595

exoration1610

implorement1611

imploring1611

suppliance?1611

importunement1665

solicitancy1665

beseechmenta1680

instancing1736

suppliancy1812

beg1814

clamouring1884

opportuning1972

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. xxxvii^v Daily praiers and continual precacions to God.

a1626 L. Andrewes Patterne Catechisticall Doctr. (1630) 168 Precation is the desiring of something that is good.

a1687 C. Cotton Poems (1689) 127 And can you not from your Precation, And your as daily Club-Potation, To think of an old Friend find some vacation?

1706 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus I. vi. 3 Can Malice..Delude the pious Dames and Gammers, To think their mumbling Guides Precation So full of Heav'nly Inspiration.

1893 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 24 123 Part of conventional formulas of greeting and farewell, originally prayers or precations.

1936 Jrnl. Philos. 33 265 Interrogation, denial, prohibition, and precation may also be expressed by similar enclitics.

2003 tr. in B. P. Levack Witchcraft Sourcebk. ii.xii. 48 The ninth: that the magical arts and maleficia lead God to compel demons to obey his precations.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	precation
释义	precationn. Brit. /prᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /prəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: 1500s precacion, 1500s– precation. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin precātiōn-, precātiō. Etymology: < classical Latin precātiōn-, precātiō act of supplication, prayer, formula of words used in prayer < precāt- , past participial stem of precārī to pray ( < prec- , prex prayer, entreaty: see preces n.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Middle French precation prayer (1501 or earlier; compare French précation rhetorical supplication formula (1869)). Now rare. Praying, supplication; a prayer, an entreaty. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty > beseeching or importuning beseechinga1350 suit1372 beggingc1380 pursuita1393 supplicationa1393 cravingc1430 entreating1525 solicitation1533 entreatance1548 precation1548 suiting1560 soliciting1570 imploration1575 importuning1582 implore1590 suing1591 treating1595 exoration1610 implorement1611 imploring1611 suppliance?1611 importunement1665 solicitancy1665 beseechmenta1680 instancing1736 suppliancy1812 beg1814 clamouring1884 opportuning1972 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. xxxvii^v Daily praiers and continual precacions to God. a1626 L. Andrewes Patterne Catechisticall Doctr. (1630) 168 Precation is the desiring of something that is good. a1687 C. Cotton Poems (1689) 127 And can you not from your Precation, And your as daily Club-Potation, To think of an old Friend find some vacation? 1706 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus I. vi. 3 Can Malice..Delude the pious Dames and Gammers, To think their mumbling Guides Precation So full of Heav'nly Inspiration. 1893 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 24 123 Part of conventional formulas of greeting and farewell, originally prayers or precations. 1936 Jrnl. Philos. 33 265 Interrogation, denial, prohibition, and precation may also be expressed by similar enclitics. 2003 tr. in B. P. Levack Witchcraft Sourcebk. ii.xii. 48 The ninth: that the magical arts and maleficia lead God to compel demons to obey his precations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1548
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