单词 | pre-indicate |
释义 | pre-indicatev. transitive. To indicate beforehand, betoken. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > [verb (transitive)] > beforehand pre-indicatea1635 a1635 R. Corbett Times' Whistle (1871) 146 Astronomers that can foretell eventes By the celestiall creatures influence..Can pre-divine of famines, plagues, & warres; And of their contraries pre-indicate. 1727 R. Roach Great Crisis 54 Christ in flesh..Pre-indicated and prepar'd the Way of his Glorious Resurrection. 1804 A. Pirie in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1874) IV. Ps. lxxxi. 3 It also pre-indicated the blowing of the gospel-trumpet. 1849 H. Mayo On Truths Pop. Superstit. iv. 72 For how many centuries were the laws of electricity preindicated by the single fact, that a piece of amber when rubbed would attract light bodies? 1867 Contemp. Rev. 6 360 The Bishop..preindicated the essential importance..of the future production of the folio MS. 1919 Mansfield (Ohio) News 15 Aug. 3/5 (advt.) New blouses for Fall which pre-indicate Autumn. 2004 Mondaq Bus. News (Nexis) 7 Dec. The end of the M&A cycle will pre-indicate a slow down in the economy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1635 |
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