† preliationn.

Forms: 1600s praeliation, 1600s preliation, 1700s proeliation.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin proeliation-, proeliatio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin proeliation-, proeliatio battling, combat (4th cent.) < classical Latin proeliāt- , past participial stem of proeliāre to engage in battle, to fight ( < proelium battle: see prelial adj.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier prelial adj.

Obsolete. rare.

A battle; combat, conflict.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [noun]

fightc893

fighting?c1225

battlingc1300

armsc1325

toilc1330

toilingc1330

befighting1489

fielding1526

combating1594

preliation1640

1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 202 There is an incessant warfare amongst the humours for predominancy, and while this naturall war lasteth, the earth cannot be without civill and politicall preliations.

1660 J. Howell Θηρολογια iii. 33 We have stirred the humors of the foolish Inhabitants of the earth to insurrections, to warr and præliation.

1709 J. Spelman & T. Hearne Life Alfred the Great 32 Their war being mostly Inroads, Foraging and Spoil, subject to Skirmishes and unexpected Prœliations.

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

单词	preliation
释义	† preliationn. Forms: 1600s praeliation, 1600s preliation, 1700s proeliation. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin proeliation-, proeliatio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin proeliation-, proeliatio battling, combat (4th cent.) < classical Latin proeliāt- , past participial stem of proeliāre to engage in battle, to fight ( < proelium battle: see prelial adj.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier prelial adj. Obsolete. rare. A battle; combat, conflict. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [noun] fightc893 fighting?c1225 battlingc1300 armsc1325 toilc1330 toilingc1330 befighting1489 fielding1526 combating1594 preliation1640 1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 202 There is an incessant warfare amongst the humours for predominancy, and while this naturall war lasteth, the earth cannot be without civill and politicall preliations. 1660 J. Howell Θηρολογια iii. 33 We have stirred the humors of the foolish Inhabitants of the earth to insurrections, to warr and præliation. 1709 J. Spelman & T. Hearne Life Alfred the Great 32 Their war being mostly Inroads, Foraging and Spoil, subject to Skirmishes and unexpected Prœliations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1640
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