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单词 precantation
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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).
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