单词 | prenuntiate |
释义 | † prenuntiaten. Obsolete. A foreteller, a harbinger.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Fasti ii. 825 But now the bird prenuntiate of day [L. lucis praenuntius ales] Proclaims the morning. 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Fasti vi. 244 The herald priest, with javelin in hand, Prenuntiate of warfare [L. belli praenuntia]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). † prenuntiatev. Obsolete. transitive. To announce in advance; to foretell, predict; to indicate. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > predict, foretell [verb (transitive)] fore-sayc900 bodeOE before-sayOE before-tella1382 foretella1400 prognostica1400 tella1400 prenosticate?a1475 prenostic1477 prognosticatec1487 forespeak1489 prognostify1495 foreshow1561 prenunce1563 presage1569 boden1573 forewarn1582 predict1590 forehalsen1594 foresignify1597 prognosticon1602 predivine1607 forespell1611 predicate1623 prenuntiate1623 preadmonish1644 forebode1664 prediction1665 prenotea1711 bespeak1721 pre-announce1793 prophesize1848 to call for ——1895 pick1909 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Prenunciate, to foreshew. 1637 C. Fitzgeffry Compassion towards Captives Ded. Ep. sig. *2v I come..not as the sea-porpesses to prenuntiate a storme, but..to procure a calme. 1638 R. Brathwait Surv. of Hist. 189 Diverse Birds by a secret instinct of nature (the reason whereof to us is occult) can prenuntiate the Seasons and dispositions of weathers. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 94 If the..conjunctions of the Stars, be sufficient to prognosticate, and prenuntiate all manner of mutations. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Prenunciate..To declare beforehand, to foreshew. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1866v.1623 |
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