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单词 pret
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Pretn.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Italian. Etymons: Italian Prete, Prete Gianni.
Etymology: Apparently < Italian Prete (in Prete Gianni: see Prester John n.).
Obsolete. rare.
A Negus or emperor of Ethiopia. Cf. Prester John n.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > emperor > [noun] > other emperors
the Great (also Grand) Mogul1577
Son of Heaven1579
Inca1594
padishah1612
Pret1635
miramamolin1655
1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie i. ii. 40 The Abassins reckon a succession of Christian Emperors... The Prets or Emperours dwell in a mooveable City of Tents.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

pretadj.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from French. Etymon: French prêt.
Etymology: Probably < French prêt ready (see prest adj.). Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at that entry suggests an alternative explanation of the word as perhaps being a transmission error for, or a variant (with metathesis) of, pert adj.
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
Ready; = prest adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > prepared or ready
i-radc888
yarec888
i-redec1000
i-redya1175
boundc1175
graith?c1225
aready1250
alreadyc1275
readyc1275
armedc1300
prestc1300
bentc1330
ripec1330
purveyed1435
mature?1440
apt1474
habile1485
in (a) case to (also for)1523
provided1533
in procinct1540
weeping-ripe1548
furnished1553
fit1569
preta1600
expedite1604
predy1613
procinct1618
foreprepared1642
presto1644
apparated1663
(ready) in one's gears1664
fallow1850
standby1893
organized1926
(to be) all set1949
a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 63 Witht laureat language and pret for till prys [= ready for to praise], His orisoun begouth he on this wyss.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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