precantationn.

Brit.

/ˌpriːkanˈteɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌprikænˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praecantation-, praecantatio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin praecantation-, praecantatio incantation (Vetus Latina), prophecy (in an undated glossary) < classical Latin praecantāt- , past participial stem of praecantāre to recite or chant spells over, in post-classical Latin also to prophesy (5th cent.; < prae- pre- prefix + cantāre to sing: see chant v.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare cantation n.

rare.

†1. A preliminary singing or chanting. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Præcantation, a singing before.

2. A foretelling, a prophecy; a prefiguring. Also in Emerson's terminology: the pre-existing poetic essence of a thing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > [noun] > a prediction or prophecy

prenostica1393

spaea1400

prognostication?a1425

prenostication?a1450

forespeaking1480

prenosticature1490

soothsaying1535

foredestiny?1549

foresaw1555

presage1560

abodement1565

prenotion1588

predict1609

prophetical1615

prognosis1649

conjectation1652

prognosticate1652

propheticism1684

prognostic1701

oracle1713

precantation1838

1838 G. S. Faber Inq. Hist. & Theol. Anc. Vallenses & Albigenses 331 These apply themselves to auguries or to signs of the heavens or to vain precantations.

1844 R. W. Emerson Ess. 2nd Ser. i. 27 The sea, the mountain-ridge, Niagara, and every flower-bed, pre-exist, or super-exist, in pre-cantations, which sail like odors in the air.

1994 A. Portelli Text & Voice vi. 126 (heading) Voice and creation: Emerson's precantations.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	precantation
释义	precantationn. Brit. /ˌpriːkanˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌprikænˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praecantation-, praecantatio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin praecantation-, praecantatio incantation (Vetus Latina), prophecy (in an undated glossary) < classical Latin praecantāt- , past participial stem of praecantāre to recite or chant spells over, in post-classical Latin also to prophesy (5th cent.; < prae- pre- prefix + cantāre to sing: see chant v.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare cantation n. rare. †1. A preliminary singing or chanting. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Præcantation, a singing before. 2. A foretelling, a prophecy; a prefiguring. Also in Emerson's terminology: the pre-existing poetic essence of a thing. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > [noun] > a prediction or prophecy prenostica1393 spaea1400 prognostication?a1425 prenostication?a1450 forespeaking1480 prenosticature1490 soothsaying1535 foredestiny?1549 foresaw1555 presage1560 abodement1565 prenotion1588 predict1609 prophetical1615 prognosis1649 conjectation1652 prognosticate1652 propheticism1684 prognostic1701 oracle1713 precantation1838 1838 G. S. Faber Inq. Hist. & Theol. Anc. Vallenses & Albigenses 331 These apply themselves to auguries or to signs of the heavens or to vain precantations. 1844 R. W. Emerson Ess. 2nd Ser. i. 27 The sea, the mountain-ridge, Niagara, and every flower-bed, pre-exist, or super-exist, in pre-cantations, which sail like odors in the air. 1994 A. Portelli Text & Voice vi. 126 (heading) Voice and creation: Emerson's precantations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1623
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