单词 | preconsider |
释义 | preconsiderv. transitive (usually in passive). To consider beforehand or previously; to consider in advance. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)] > think out or plan beforehand purpense1450 prepense1509 premeditate?1526 precogitate1569 cogitate1570 predesign1630 preconsider1647 precontrive1671 preconfigure1809 predeliberate1989 1647 [see preconsidered adj. at Derivatives]. 1648 N. Ward To Parl. at Westm. 11 If it be so, we trust your Honors will pre-consider what a perplexed task it may prove. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. ii. 51 They pray not for the Publick, whose interest is alwayes præ-consider'd by our Saviour. 1671 A. Woodhead in tr. Life St. Teresa Pref. 18 Not to go to Prayer, without preconsidering whereon to employ it. 1873 J. G. Holland Arthur Bonnicastle vi Playing a part, thoroughly pre-considered. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar ii. 8 The Senate was allowed the privilege of preconsidering intended acts of legislation. 1914 J. Joyce Dubliners 113 As he walked on he preconsidered the terms in which he would narrate the incident to the boys. 1948 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 69 282 Caspari..questioned the likelihood of the prytaneis..permitting Peisander to propose revolutionary motions which should have been preconsidered by the boule. 1998 Australian (Nexis) 9 Feb. 22 Every situation—whether it be a manoeuvre, the style of approach to a wave or a wipeout—has been carefully preconsidered. Derivatives preconˈsidered adj. ΚΠ 1647 Earl of Clarendon Contempl. Psalms in Tracts (1727) 393 A stubborn, pertinacious, preconsidered Sin. 1860 C. R. Kennedy tr. Demosthenes Olynthiac & Other Public Orations I. i. 38 You should be willing to hear with attention those who offer you their counsel. Besides that you will have the benefit of all preconsidered advice. 1962 Times 3 July 4/2 His preconsidered campaign of delicate lob with running side. 2000 Village Voice (N.Y.) (Nexis) 23 May 23 The contracting of HS Systems fits a pattern of recent contracting used to favor preconsidered or favorite contractors. preconˈsidering adj. ΚΠ 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. ii. xi. 175 The new pro-bouleutic or pre-considering senate consisted of 400 members. 1945 Z. S. Fink Classical Republicans iii. 73 The pre-considering committees of his [sc. Harrington's] senate have their closest parallel..in the Venetian Sages or College of Preconsultors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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