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单词 prepend
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prependv.1

Brit. /priːˈpɛnd/, U.S. /ˌpriˈpɛnd/
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin prependere , perpendere ; pre- prefix, Latin pendere.
Etymology: Either (i) < post-classical Latin prependere to estimate, judge (c1250, a1419 in British sources), alteration (after classical Latin prae- pre- prefix) of classical Latin perpendere perpend v., or (ii) < pre- prefix + classical Latin pendere to weigh (see pense v.1). Compare earlier prepense v., purpense v. Compare also earlier perpend v.
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transitive. To weigh up mentally, ponder, consider; to premeditate. Also intransitive.Although the sense of premeditation is sometimes apparent, in many instances the apparent suggestion of a more general sense of consideration suggests mistaken use for perpend v.
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the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > consider, deliberate [verb (transitive)] > beforehand
forethinkc897
advise1385
ripea1475
prepense1509
premeditate?1526
forecast1534
prepend1534
precogitate1569
ruminatea1592
preponderate1599
preponder1624
study1663
1534 King Henry VIII in J. O. Halliwell Lett. Kings Eng. (1846) I. 336 Prepending the danger that thereof might have ensued.
1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 102 And als ȝe sowld prepend bayt day & horis To grit mischeif misery and neid ffra paramoris dois evir mair succeid.
1621 R. Bolton Statutes Ireland 128 (Act 28 Hen. VIII) The kings majestie..prepending and waying..how much it doth more conferre to the induction of rude and ignorant people to the knowledge of Almightie God.
1637 J. Rhodes Countrie Mans Comfort l. 61 Prepend the life of merchants eke, How ventrously at sea they seeke.
1708 P. Motteux in tr. F. Rabelais Wks. I. Pref. p. li He..requested a Learned Physician of that Time, call'd Master Theodorus, seriously to prepend how to bring him to a better course.
1769 L. Sterne Tristram Shandy (ed. 3) I. xx. 205 This by the help of the observation is already premised, and I hope already weighed and prepended by your reverences and worships.
1859 J. E. Cooke Henry St. John xxvii. 162 Prepend, mon ami, I detest the Gauls, though they're brave as steel.
1890 Scots Observer 4 Jan. 179 There are still amongst us people who prepend the Sphinx-torpedo question.
1923 Times 21 June 19/8 Whereafter let us prepend. From a well-known cookery book I take the following paragraphs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

prependv.2

Brit. /priːˈpɛnd/, U.S. /ˌpriˈpɛnd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, append v.2
Etymology: < pre- prefix + -pend (in append v.2).
Chiefly Computing.
transitive. To add at the beginning, to prefix, prepose; esp. to add or append (a character, string, file, etc.) at the front of an existing string, file, etc.
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1872 Ladies' Repository Aug. 157/2 ‘Interpreting the voice of the Church as the voice of God,’ were the impressive words prepended by Bishop Janes..to the usual question, ‘Do you feel yourself called of God to the office and work of a bishop?’
1981 ARPAnet Mail Format Standards in net.general (Usenet newsgroup) 9 Nov. Berkeley's software transforms ‘To’ and ‘cc’ lines into this form, using their machine-id and prepending the routing information deduced from the standard UNIX ‘from’ lines.
1987 PC Week (Nexis) 14 July 77 C identifiers are usually case-sensitive and are prepended with an underscore.
2000 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 1755/2 To further reduce motion artifact, a 32-point navigator echo was prepended to each phase-encode echo.
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