† prefiniteadj.

Forms: late Middle English prefynyte, 1600s prefinit, 1500s 1700s prefinite.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praefīnītus, praefīnīre.

Etymology: < classical Latin praefīnītus, use as adjective of past participle of praefīnīre prefine v. Compare Spanish prefinido (1414).

Obsolete.

Determined or fixed beforehand. Also as past participle.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [adjective] > fated or predestined

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destinablec1374

destinalc1374

fatalc1374

predestinatec1384

foreordainedc1420

ordinate?a1425

destiny?1473

preordinatea1475

prefinitec1475

pointed1523

predestined1545

determined1546

ordinated1562

predestinated1571

preordained?1580

fore-appointeda1586

predeterminate1601

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destinated1604

destinate1605

destined1609

predesigned1668

predefinite1678

cut and dry1710

fated1715

weirded1820

laid-down1839

foreordinated1858

predesignated1883

predestinatory1893

preset1926

predefined1929

predestine1962

bashert1963

c1475 Life St. Anne (Trin. Cambr.) (1928) 576 (MED) When the fulnes of tyme and the seson Preuentyd before by tyme prefynyte, God sent hys son.

1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. aiij Accordynge to the time prefinite by hym, who..hath suffered.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 417 This poyson hath no set and prefinit time wherin it killeth any body.

1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse Ep. Ded. 4 If the prefinit tearme and limit of my life permit.

1724 J. Maubray Female Physician xxxviii. 159 That Assertion of a Legitimate Birth's requiring, not only a certain and prefinite Number of Days, but also of Hours and Minutes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	prefinite
释义	† prefiniteadj. Forms: late Middle English prefynyte, 1600s prefinit, 1500s 1700s prefinite. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praefīnītus, praefīnīre. Etymology: < classical Latin praefīnītus, use as adjective of past participle of praefīnīre prefine v. Compare Spanish prefinido (1414). Obsolete. Determined or fixed beforehand. Also as past participle. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [adjective] > fated or predestined born1357 destinablec1374 destinalc1374 fatalc1374 predestinatec1384 foreordainedc1420 ordinate?a1425 destiny?1473 preordinatea1475 prefinitec1475 pointed1523 predestined1545 determined1546 ordinated1562 predestinated1571 preordained?1580 fore-appointeda1586 predeterminate1601 predetermined1601 destinated1604 destinate1605 destined1609 predesigned1668 predefinite1678 cut and dry1710 fated1715 weirded1820 laid-down1839 foreordinated1858 predesignated1883 predestinatory1893 preset1926 predefined1929 predestine1962 bashert1963 c1475 Life St. Anne (Trin. Cambr.) (1928) 576 (MED) When the fulnes of tyme and the seson Preuentyd before by tyme prefynyte, God sent hys son. 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. aiij Accordynge to the time prefinite by hym, who..hath suffered. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 417 This poyson hath no set and prefinit time wherin it killeth any body. 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse Ep. Ded. 4 If the prefinit tearme and limit of my life permit. 1724 J. Maubray Female Physician xxxviii. 159 That Assertion of a Legitimate Birth's requiring, not only a certain and prefinite Number of Days, but also of Hours and Minutes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.c1475
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