单词 | purpense |
释义 | † purpensev. Obsolete. transitive. To deliberate upon; to determine beforehand; to premeditate. Also intransitive. Cf. prepense v.Also with clause as object. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)] > think out or plan beforehand purpense1450 prepense1509 premeditate?1526 precogitate1569 cogitate1570 predesign1630 preconsider1647 precontrive1671 preconfigure1809 predeliberate1989 1450 Rolls of Parl. V. 177/2 The seid Duke..of full longe tyme purpensyng [in Paston Lett. I. 100 printed prepensing], that your said grete Ennemye and Adversarie Charles, shuld conquere..youre seid Reame of Fraunce..counseilled..your Highnes to enlarge and delyver oute of prison the same Duke of Orliaunce. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn 2214 A Cachepoll..so was he ful ensensid How he hym wold engyne, as he had purpensid. 1496 Act 12 Hen. VII c. 7 James Grame..wilfully assentid and purpensed the murdre of oon Richard Tracy Gentilman, then his maister. 1512 Helyas in W. J. Thoms Coll. Early Prose Romances (1828) III. 27 The said iniury (bi her commised and purpensed). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1450 |
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