单词 | presign |
释义 | † presignv. Obsolete. transitive. To signify or indicate in advance; to pre-appoint, pre-assign. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > prefigure [verb (transitive)] forecomea1300 to say beforec1384 signifyc1384 pretendc1425 prefigurec1429 preostendc1429 prefigurate1530 prefigurate1530 adumbrate1537 promise1556 premonstrate1562 foresignify1565 presignify1570 shadow1574 foreshadow1577 presage1583 fore-run1590 presign1590 fore-read1591 figure1595 type forth, out1596 fore-point1601 foreshow1601 prophesy1608 foretella1616 foretypea1618 forebode1656 harbingera1657 pretypify1658 pretype1659 forespeak1667 to figure out1721 forecast1883 favour1887 precourse1888 precursea1892 1590 W. Clever Flower of Phisicke 61 And yet if we behold all liuing men in their order, there is not one so to be found, which attaineth that excellencie of wisedome and vnderstanding..except some few persons presigned thereunto. 1598 J. Dickenson Greene in Conceipt 21 The day presign'd being come. 1637 R. Knevet Funerall Elegies sig. B When ye like those auspicious lights did shine, Which happy calmes to Mariners presigne. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 93 At the place presigned [he] calls for Assaph-chan and his Son. 1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 203 Agents of destruction, like the flood, Presign regeneration. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1590 |
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