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† prefiˈnition Obs.
[ad. L. præfīnītiōn-em, n. of action f. præfīnīre: see prefine v.]
A previous limitation or determination.
1582N.T. (Rhem.) Eph. iii. 11 That the manifold wisedom of God may be notified.., according to the prefinition of worldes, which he made in Christ Jesus. a1619M. Fotherby Atheom. ii. vii. §5 (1622) 270 A circumscription of their bounds; and a prefinition of their periods. 1661Blount Glossogr. (ed. 2), Prefinition, a determination before. |