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单词 predeclare
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predeclarev.

Brit. /ˌpriːdᵻˈklɛː/, U.S. /ˌpridəˈklɛ(ə)r/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, declare v.
Etymology: < pre- prefix + declare v. Compare Middle French prédéclarer (16th cent.), post-classical Latin praedeclaratus previously declared (6th cent.).
transitive. To declare or state in advance.
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1639 W. Balcanquhall Large Declar. Tumults Scotl. 273 Many of the members of that Synod had pre-declared themselves by discoursing, writing, preaching, &c. but not by any judiciall Act.
a1640 P. Massinger Guardian i. i. 10 in 3 New Playes (1655) I do not carry An Almanack in my bones to predeclare What weather we shall have.
a1667 G. Wither Misc. Wks. (1872–7) vi. 117 And had we no sign else to predeclare The sounding of the Seventh Trump, is near.
a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 77 For God Incarnate shalt [thou] the Way prepare, His wonderful Salvation pre-declare.
1775 E. Burke Speech Amer. Taxation 15 It was in America that your resolutions were pre-declared.
1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. x. 631 It is believed by..few that..Priest..has the power of irrevocably pre-declaring the doom of his fellowmen.
1910 F. H. O'Donnell Hist. Irish Parl. Party xxiii. 182 Mr. Parnell..took steps to proclaim again the principles of Butt and Grattan, and, before accepting devoutly the Gladstonian specific, to predeclare its entire insufficiency.
1999 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. (Nexis) 28 Nov. a2 Kids could pre-declare homework emergencies in case it doesn't get done.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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