† prelibatev.

Forms: 1600s praelibate, 1600s prelibate.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praelībāt-, praelībāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin praelībāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of praelībāre to taste first, to pour as a first libation ( < prae- pre- prefix + lībāre libate v.), after prelibation n. Compare Italian prelibare (a1321). Compare delibate v.

Obsolete.

transitive. To taste beforehand; to give as a foretaste.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (transitive)] > give a foretaste

prelibate1623

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Prelibate, to taste first.

1645 W. Oughtred Let. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) I. 65 I received information by a letter from Paris, wherein was prælibated only a small taste thereof.

1678 V. Alsop Melius Inquirendum ii. ii. 165 When I have prælibated a few things, he shall have his full blow at them.

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

单词	prelibate
释义	† prelibatev. Forms: 1600s praelibate, 1600s prelibate. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praelībāt-, praelībāre. Etymology: < classical Latin praelībāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of praelībāre to taste first, to pour as a first libation ( < prae- pre- prefix + lībāre libate v.), after prelibation n. Compare Italian prelibare (a1321). Compare delibate v. Obsolete. transitive. To taste beforehand; to give as a foretaste. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (transitive)] > give a foretaste prelibate1623 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Prelibate, to taste first. 1645 W. Oughtred Let. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) I. 65 I received information by a letter from Paris, wherein was prælibated only a small taste thereof. 1678 V. Alsop Melius Inquirendum ii. ii. 165 When I have prælibated a few things, he shall have his full blow at them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1623
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