precursiveadj.

Brit.

/prᵻˈkəːsɪv/,

/ˌpriːˈkəːsɪv/, U.S.

/priˈkərsɪv/,

/prəˈkərsɪv/

Forms: 1600s precursiue, 1600s– precursive.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin praecurs- , praecurrere , -ive suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin praecurs-, past participial stem of praecurrere to run in front of, to precede (see precurrent adj.) + -ive suffix. Compare French précursif (1796). Compare earlier precursory adj. and later precurrent adj.

Forerunning; precursing, presaging; = precursory adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] > precursory

precursory1605

precursive1615

precurrent1628

van-currenta1657

procursive1659

precursionary1839

precursal1845

1615 J. H. This Worlds Folly sig. C^v These prodigious precursions, or precursiue prodigies, should deterre each humane creature from spurning against his Creator.

1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus l. 561 The Serjeants degree is to the office of a Justice necessarily precursive above that of a Doctor to a Bishop.

1788 P. Stockdale Ximenes iii. viii. 68 But 'tis the genius of imagination, With it's precursive, and unbounded action.

1814 Sorceress ii. ii, in New Brit. Theatre III. 14 Does thy simple mind See the precursive harbingers of woe Like brooding guilt?

1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIX. 281 A groundswell precursive of a storm rolls in.

1897 F. Thompson New Poems 44 And they have heard And quicken to the great precursive word.

1946 PMLA 61 742 Foigny's attitude was less precursive of romanticism than retentive of the renaissance spirit.

1983 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Sept. 956/1 Schopenhauer's most spectacular metaphysical, ethical and aesthetic views were regarded as..precursive of some of Wittgenstein's later views.

2003 Design Managem. Jrnl. (Nexis) Winter 47 The heritage totem records and validates precursive designs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	precursive
释义	precursiveadj. Brit. /prᵻˈkəːsɪv/, /ˌpriːˈkəːsɪv/, U.S. /priˈkərsɪv/, /prəˈkərsɪv/ Forms: 1600s precursiue, 1600s– precursive. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin praecurs- , praecurrere , -ive suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin praecurs-, past participial stem of praecurrere to run in front of, to precede (see precurrent adj.) + -ive suffix. Compare French précursif (1796). Compare earlier precursory adj. and later precurrent adj. Forerunning; precursing, presaging; = precursory adj. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] > precursory precursory1605 precursive1615 precurrent1628 van-currenta1657 procursive1659 precursionary1839 precursal1845 1615 J. H. This Worlds Folly sig. C^v These prodigious precursions, or precursiue prodigies, should deterre each humane creature from spurning against his Creator. 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus l. 561 The Serjeants degree is to the office of a Justice necessarily precursive above that of a Doctor to a Bishop. 1788 P. Stockdale Ximenes iii. viii. 68 But 'tis the genius of imagination, With it's precursive, and unbounded action. 1814 Sorceress ii. ii, in New Brit. Theatre III. 14 Does thy simple mind See the precursive harbingers of woe Like brooding guilt? 1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIX. 281 A groundswell precursive of a storm rolls in. 1897 F. Thompson New Poems 44 And they have heard And quicken to the great precursive word. 1946 PMLA 61 742 Foigny's attitude was less precursive of romanticism than retentive of the renaissance spirit. 1983 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Sept. 956/1 Schopenhauer's most spectacular metaphysical, ethical and aesthetic views were regarded as..precursive of some of Wittgenstein's later views. 2003 Design Managem. Jrnl. (Nexis) Winter 47 The heritage totem records and validates precursive designs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1615
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