单词 | pretermitting |
释义 | pretermittingn. Originally Scottish. rare after 17th cent. The action of pretermit v.; pretermission. ΚΠ 1475 Acts Parl Scotl. II. 112/1 The lordis vndirstandis that the pretermitting and sleuth that has bene in the execucione of the actis..has causit [etc.]. 1579–80 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 259 But pretermitting of ony tyme. a1594 R. Greenham Wks. (1612) 811 And is all this because of the pretermitting of a Ceremonie? 1624 J. Donne Deuotions viii. 190 When they fel vnder thy hand, euen to the pretermitting of himselfe, he presses vpon thee. 1887 H. Browne in Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers 1st Ser. III. 542/1 Even if some necessity should through absence of all facility not allow bodies to be interred, or in such places interred, yet should there be no pretermitting of supplications for the spirits of the dead. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1475 |
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