单词 | preominate |
释义 | † preominatev. Obsolete. rare. 1. intransitive. To have a foreboding; to make a prediction. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > augury, divination from omens > augur, divine from omens [verb (intransitive)] conject1496 halsen1587 preominate1594 augurize1596 augur1599 signa1616 ominate1637 augurate1642 conjecture1652 auspicate1848 1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night sig. Eiv One may aswel..by paraphrasing on smokie dreames præominate of future euents. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Preominate..to foreshew by omens. 2. transitive. To be an omen of; to portend, predict. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > portend, betoken [verb (transitive)] betokenc1275 bode1387 prognostica1400 pretend1402 prognosticate?a1425 ossc1450 importc1487 prognostify1495 protendc1554 presage1562 abode1573 boden1573 denounce1581 importune1590 prejudicate1595 foretoken1598 ominate1598 auspicate1604 divine1607 foredeem1612 warranta1616 augur1630 preaugurate1635 prewarna1637 prenote1641 preominate1646 forespeak1667 omen1697 betidea1799 bespeak1851 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xxii. 264 Because many Ravens were seen when Alexander entered Babylon they were thought to pre-ominate his death. View more context for this quotation 1691 W. Yworth New Art of making Wines 114 'Tis very necessary, that the concurrences, in the Nature and Eventual accidents thereof, be præominated. 1791 J. Entick New Spelling Dict. 291/1 Preominate..to prognosticate. Derivatives preomination n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] > act or action tokeningc888 omination1589 portending1590 portention1617 portendment1626 portendance1644 augury1654 preomination1660 omening1796 1660 A. Sadler Subjects Joy 8 In an holy Preomination of the years succeeding. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1594 |
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