devancev.

/dɪˈvɑːns/

/dɪˈvans/

Etymology: < French devancer to arrive before, precede, outstrip, < devant before, on the model of avancer advance v. Became obsolete early in 17th cent., but has been again used by some in the 19th cent.

a. transitive. To anticipate, forestall; to get ahead of; to outstrip.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (transitive)] > prepare to meet

devance1485

preventa1533

affronta1616

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > precede or come before [verb (transitive)] > anticipate or forestall

before-takea1382

preventc1425

devance1485

prevenea1500

lurch1530

to take before the bounda1556

to be aforehand with1570

to be beforehand with1574

to meet halfwaya1586

preoccupate1588

forestall1589

fore-run1591

surprise1591

antedate1595

foreprise1597

preoccupy1607

preoccupy1638

pre-act1655

anticipatea1682

obviate1712

to head off1841

beat1847

to beat out1893

pre-empt1957

1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. diiij^v/1 Olyuer whyche sawe the stroke comyng deuaunced hym in suche wyse that he gaf two euyl strokes to Fyerabras.

1603 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man (new ed.) v. 489 In his owne conceit he lacketh so much, as he seeth himselfe deuaunced [1598 aduaunced] by another that hath more.

1615 R. Kayll Trade's Increase 7 Our neighbours [sc. the Hollanders]..haue deuanced vs so farre in shipping.

1863 R. F. Burton Abeokuta II. 72 So far from ‘caving in’, he devanced me on one occasion.

1864 R. F. Burton Mission to Gelele Pref. 9 Commodore Wilmot, R.N...accompanied by Capt. Luce..devanced me.

1880 Ginevra 86 My wish devanced the hour.

b. Uses apparently arising from confusion with some other word.

ΚΠ

1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 123 Tis hard to keepe these two equally ballanc't, especially those that devance.

1653 J. Hall Paradoxes 108 Some Crazy Phylosophers..have endeavoured to devance them [women] from the same Species, with men.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	devance
释义	devancev. /dɪˈvɑːns//dɪˈvans/ Etymology: < French devancer to arrive before, precede, outstrip, < devant before, on the model of avancer advance v. Became obsolete early in 17th cent., but has been again used by some in the 19th cent. a. transitive. To anticipate, forestall; to get ahead of; to outstrip. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (transitive)] > prepare to meet devance1485 preventa1533 affronta1616 the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > precede or come before [verb (transitive)] > anticipate or forestall before-takea1382 preventc1425 devance1485 prevenea1500 lurch1530 to take before the bounda1556 to be aforehand with1570 to be beforehand with1574 to meet halfwaya1586 preoccupate1588 forestall1589 fore-run1591 surprise1591 antedate1595 foreprise1597 preoccupy1607 preoccupy1638 pre-act1655 anticipatea1682 obviate1712 to head off1841 beat1847 to beat out1893 pre-empt1957 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. diiij^v/1 Olyuer whyche sawe the stroke comyng deuaunced hym in suche wyse that he gaf two euyl strokes to Fyerabras. 1603 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man (new ed.) v. 489 In his owne conceit he lacketh so much, as he seeth himselfe deuaunced [1598 aduaunced] by another that hath more. 1615 R. Kayll Trade's Increase 7 Our neighbours [sc. the Hollanders]..haue deuanced vs so farre in shipping. 1863 R. F. Burton Abeokuta II. 72 So far from ‘caving in’, he devanced me on one occasion. 1864 R. F. Burton Mission to Gelele Pref. 9 Commodore Wilmot, R.N...accompanied by Capt. Luce..devanced me. 1880 Ginevra 86 My wish devanced the hour. b. Uses apparently arising from confusion with some other word. ΚΠ 1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 123 Tis hard to keepe these two equally ballanc't, especially those that devance. 1653 J. Hall Paradoxes 108 Some Crazy Phylosophers..have endeavoured to devance them [women] from the same Species, with men. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1485
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