单词 | precomposed |
释义 | precomposedadj. That has been composed beforehand. ΚΠ 1741 Christian Liturgy Pref. Those who pray extempore,..say, that precomposed Forms stint and restrain the Spirit of God in its Operations. 1809 H. More Coelebs in Search of Wife I. xxi. 294 He..does not heartily like any precomposed forms of prayer, not even our incomparable Liturgy. 1861 Sat. Rev. 21 Dec. 632 The professional lecturer commonly has a set of precomposed lectures,..any of which he is ready to deliver anywhere on the receipt of his fee. 1962 Times 5 July 15/1 Piccolo, oboe, and clarinet ring the changes simultaneously but quite independently on a series of pre-composed phrases. 2004 Washington Post (Nexis) 25 Jan. w12 He acknowledges that he is terrible with a script, and says that on occasion his discomfort with precomposed pitches and rebuttals makes him feel like ‘an impostor’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1741 |
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