† presignv.

Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s presign, 1600s presigne.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, sign v.¹; pre- prefix, sign v.²

Etymology: Partly < pre- prefix + sign v.¹, and partly < pre- prefix + sign v.² Compare classical Latin praesignāre to mark at the start or in advance, to seal beforehand, in post-classical Latin also to prefigure, to foretell (4th or 5th cent.). N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation (prisəi·n) /priːˈsaɪn/.

Obsolete.

transitive. To signify or indicate in advance; to pre-appoint, pre-assign.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > prefigure [verb (transitive)]

forecomea1300

to say beforec1384

signifyc1384

pretendc1425

prefigurec1429

preostendc1429

prefigurate1530

adumbrate1537

promise1556

premonstrate1562

foresignify1565

presignify1570

shadow1574

foreshadow1577

presage1583

fore-run1590

presign1590

fore-read1591

figure1595

type forth, out1596

fore-point1601

foreshow1601

prophesy1608

foretella1616

foretypea1618

forebode1656

harbingera1657

pretypify1658

pretype1659

forespeak1667

to figure out1721

forecast1883

favour1887

precourse1888

precursea1892

1590 W. Clever Flower of Phisicke 61 And yet if we behold all liuing men in their order, there is not one so to be found, which attaineth that excellencie of wisedome and vnderstanding..except some few persons presigned thereunto.

1598 J. Dickenson Greene in Conceipt 21 The day presign'd being come.

1637 R. Knevet Funerall Elegies sig. B When ye like those auspicious lights did shine, Which happy calmes to Mariners presigne.

1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 93 At the place presigned [he] calls for Assaph-chan and his Son.

1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 203 Agents of destruction, like the flood, Presign regeneration.

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

单词	presign
释义	† presignv. Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s presign, 1600s presigne. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, sign v.¹; pre- prefix, sign v.² Etymology: Partly < pre- prefix + sign v.¹, and partly < pre- prefix + sign v.² Compare classical Latin praesignāre to mark at the start or in advance, to seal beforehand, in post-classical Latin also to prefigure, to foretell (4th or 5th cent.). N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation (prisəi·n) /priːˈsaɪn/. Obsolete. transitive. To signify or indicate in advance; to pre-appoint, pre-assign. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > prefigure [verb (transitive)] forecomea1300 to say beforec1384 signifyc1384 pretendc1425 prefigurec1429 preostendc1429 prefigurate1530 prefigurate1530 adumbrate1537 promise1556 premonstrate1562 foresignify1565 presignify1570 shadow1574 foreshadow1577 presage1583 fore-run1590 presign1590 fore-read1591 figure1595 type forth, out1596 fore-point1601 foreshow1601 prophesy1608 foretella1616 foretypea1618 forebode1656 harbingera1657 pretypify1658 pretype1659 forespeak1667 to figure out1721 forecast1883 favour1887 precourse1888 precursea1892 1590 W. Clever Flower of Phisicke 61 And yet if we behold all liuing men in their order, there is not one so to be found, which attaineth that excellencie of wisedome and vnderstanding..except some few persons presigned thereunto. 1598 J. Dickenson Greene in Conceipt 21 The day presign'd being come. 1637 R. Knevet Funerall Elegies sig. B When ye like those auspicious lights did shine, Which happy calmes to Mariners presigne. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 93 At the place presigned [he] calls for Assaph-chan and his Son. 1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 203 Agents of destruction, like the flood, Presign regeneration. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1590
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