| 释义 |
† preaˈspection Obs. rare.
[f. pre- A. 2 + aspection.]
Previous beholding or knowledge.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iv. xi. 207 To beleeve they [pigmies] should be in the stature of a foot or span, requires the preaspection of such a one as Philetas the Poet in Athenæus, who was faine to fasten lead unto his feet lest the wind should blow him away. |