† prefinitionn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praefīnītiōn-, praefīnītiō.

Etymology: < classical Latin praefīnītiōn-, praefīnītiō restriction, setting of a limit < praefīnīt- , past participial stem of praefīnīre prefine v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Italian prefinizione (1579). Compare earlier prefinite adj., prefine v., and definition n., predefinition n.

Obsolete.

A prior limitation or determination.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [noun] > a previous determination, limitation, or ordinance

pre-ordinance1486

prefinition1582

1582 Bible (Rheims) Eph. iii. 11 That the manifold wisedom of God may be notified.., according to the prefinition of worldes, which he made in Christ Jesus.

a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. vii. §5. 270 A circumscription of their bounds; and a prefinition of their periods.

1662 P. Gunning Paschal or Lent-Fast vi. 494 Of which sort there are and ever will be many in the Church amongst the generality of Christians, whose consideration must not be contemned, but ever was ground sufficient for the prefinition of some law of fasting to be given in general.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. on Logic (1863) 659 That predicate could have no prefinition, and..the direct inference was not suffered.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	prefinition
释义	† prefinitionn. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praefīnītiōn-, praefīnītiō. Etymology: < classical Latin praefīnītiōn-, praefīnītiō restriction, setting of a limit < praefīnīt- , past participial stem of praefīnīre prefine v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Italian prefinizione (1579). Compare earlier prefinite adj., prefine v., and definition n., predefinition n. Obsolete. A prior limitation or determination. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [noun] > a previous determination, limitation, or ordinance pre-ordinance1486 prefinition1582 1582 Bible (Rheims) Eph. iii. 11 That the manifold wisedom of God may be notified.., according to the prefinition of worldes, which he made in Christ Jesus. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. vii. §5. 270 A circumscription of their bounds; and a prefinition of their periods. 1662 P. Gunning Paschal or Lent-Fast vi. 494 Of which sort there are and ever will be many in the Church amongst the generality of Christians, whose consideration must not be contemned, but ever was ground sufficient for the prefinition of some law of fasting to be given in general. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. on Logic (1863) 659 That predicate could have no prefinition, and..the direct inference was not suffered. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1582
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