presignificationn.

Brit.

/ˌpriːsɪɡnᵻfɪˈkeɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌprisɪɡnəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: 1600s praesignification, 1600s– presignification.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin praesignification- , praesignificatio ; pre- prefix, signification n.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin praesignification-, praesignificatio action of signifying in advance, indication of the future (4th cent.) < classical Latin praesignificāt- , past participial stem of praesignificāre presignify v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. In later use partly also < pre- prefix + signification n. Compare Middle French présignification (16th cent.).

Now rare.

The action of signifying something in advance; an indication or sign of what is to come. Also: (Literary Theory) the state of being prior to signification.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [noun]

foreshowinga1050

foretokeninga1300

prefigurationa1382

premonstrationc1429

prenotationa1550

presignification1578

precursea1591

ostentation1607

precursion1615

prefigurement1708

foreshadowing1847

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [noun] > instance of

shadow1382

prophecya1393

foreshow1548

foreshower1555

prefiguration1579

forepointer1587

foresignification1592

premonstrance1594

prodromus1602

premonstration1610

antetype1612

prodromy1647

pre-significator1669

foretellera1716

presignification1835

foretype1848

prefigurementa1859

foreshadower18..

foreboder1876

forego1880

1578 T. Twyne (title) A View of certain wonderful effects, of late dayes come to passe: and now newly conferred with the presignyfications of the Comete, or blasing Star, which appered in the Southwest upon the x. day of Novem. the yere last past. 1577.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1191 Then is not this a bare guesse..but a præsignification and denouncing peremptorily of such things as without faile shall be.

a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 130 There..having scarce happened any considerable revolution..whereof we do not find mentioned in history some presignification or prediction.

1695 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. III. i. 11 These Ceremonies..were Presignifications of..the Evangelical Dispensation.

1799 W. Godwin St. Leon III. iii. 61 He was desirous that the train should be laid in silence, and that the explosion he designed should be free from all presignification of the event.

1835 J. P. Kennedy Horse-shoe Robinson I. v. 76 Robinson directed his eye to the presignifications of good cheer that were now before him.

1838 J. P. Kennedy Rob of Bowl xxv The broad arrow, the mysterious presignification of mischief.

1908 P. MacKaye Scarecrow iii. 868 Have you read..the Presignifications of Dreams?

1955 E. H. Visiak Mirror of Conrad iv. 119 The passage is a remarkable signification of Conrad's vital power. It is a pre-signification also; for, as a writer in his last toiling, ailing days, he behaved precisely like that.

1984 Italica 61 210 In one of the last major scenes involving presignification, Cesira describes Rosetta who is in semi-shock over a bombing incident.

1997 L. De Looze Pseudo-Autobiogr. in Fourteenth Cent. iii. 96 To ‘catch’ the culprit in the act would be to get back to a stage of presignification—to a world before the literary mask, a prepersona world.

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

单词	presignification
释义	presignificationn. Brit. /ˌpriːsɪɡnᵻfɪˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌprisɪɡnəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: 1600s praesignification, 1600s– presignification. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin praesignification- , praesignificatio ; pre- prefix, signification n. Etymology: < post-classical Latin praesignification-, praesignificatio action of signifying in advance, indication of the future (4th cent.) < classical Latin praesignificāt- , past participial stem of praesignificāre presignify v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. In later use partly also < pre- prefix + signification n. Compare Middle French présignification (16th cent.). Now rare. The action of signifying something in advance; an indication or sign of what is to come. Also: (Literary Theory) the state of being prior to signification. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [noun] foreshowinga1050 foretokeninga1300 prefigurationa1382 premonstrationc1429 prenotationa1550 presignification1578 precursea1591 ostentation1607 precursion1615 prefigurement1708 foreshadowing1847 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [noun] > instance of shadow1382 prophecya1393 foreshow1548 foreshower1555 prefiguration1579 forepointer1587 foresignification1592 premonstrance1594 prodromus1602 premonstration1610 antetype1612 prodromy1647 pre-significator1669 foretellera1716 presignification1835 foretype1848 prefigurementa1859 foreshadower18.. foreboder1876 forego1880 1578 T. Twyne (title) A View of certain wonderful effects, of late dayes come to passe: and now newly conferred with the presignyfications of the Comete, or blasing Star, which appered in the Southwest upon the x. day of Novem. the yere last past. 1577. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1191 Then is not this a bare guesse..but a præsignification and denouncing peremptorily of such things as without faile shall be. a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 130 There..having scarce happened any considerable revolution..whereof we do not find mentioned in history some presignification or prediction. 1695 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. III. i. 11 These Ceremonies..were Presignifications of..the Evangelical Dispensation. 1799 W. Godwin St. Leon III. iii. 61 He was desirous that the train should be laid in silence, and that the explosion he designed should be free from all presignification of the event. 1835 J. P. Kennedy Horse-shoe Robinson I. v. 76 Robinson directed his eye to the presignifications of good cheer that were now before him. 1838 J. P. Kennedy Rob of Bowl xxv The broad arrow, the mysterious presignification of mischief. 1908 P. MacKaye Scarecrow iii. 868 Have you read..the Presignifications of Dreams? 1955 E. H. Visiak Mirror of Conrad iv. 119 The passage is a remarkable signification of Conrad's vital power. It is a pre-signification also; for, as a writer in his last toiling, ailing days, he behaved precisely like that. 1984 Italica 61 210 In one of the last major scenes involving presignification, Cesira describes Rosetta who is in semi-shock over a bombing incident. 1997 L. De Looze Pseudo-Autobiogr. in Fourteenth Cent. iii. 96 To ‘catch’ the culprit in the act would be to get back to a stage of presignification—to a world before the literary mask, a prepersona world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1578
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