单词 | preventingly |
释义 | † preventinglyadv. Obsolete. So as to prevent or anticipate; so as to forestall an act or event. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [adverb] preventingly?1567 preventively1694 preclusively1695 ?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter cxix. 361 The dawning day: preuentingly: I cried most earnest than: Trust fast I did: thy words for why: my hope therby I wan. 1619 W. Sclater Expos. 1 Thess. (iii. 3-4) 206 How necessary comfort and confirmation was for this people, Paul here preuentingly sheweth. 1678 A. Walker Ἕυρηκα 99 Before I could suggest the reasons, she preventingly replied, she would never give less than the third part. 1727 A. Gairdner Looking-glass for Rich People 41 The Lord gives sometimes preventingly. 1777 tr. J. J. Rutledge Englishman's Fortnight in Paris 15 At parting I received permission to go and pay my court to her,—a compliment so much the more flattering, as it had not cost me the trouble of asking, and proved to me how preventingly complaisant old age makes the fair. 1846 A. Spiers Gen. Eng. & French Dict. 458/3 Preventingly, pour prévenir; pour empêcher.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adv.?1567 |
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