释义 |
preconˈtain, v. rare. [f. pre- A. 1 + contain v.] trans. To contain beforehand.
1656[? J. Sergeant] tr. T. White's Peripat. Inst. 283 God is a most Simple Entity, precontaining in one most simple formality, the whole plenitude of Being. 1784Kirwan in Phil. Trans. LXXIV. 162 Fixed air pre-contained in the dephlogisticated. |