| 单词 | the precedent |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe precedent b. the precedent: the aforementioned; that which has just been said or written. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1594 H. Plat Jewell House 63 This secrete with the preceedent I had of a Dutch mountbanke. 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 8 The great Foxe-taile grasse hath..leaues or blades like Okes: is nothing rough in handling like the precedent. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Bb1v Another defect which I note, ascendeth a little higher than the precedent . View more context for this quotation 1699 tr. H. de Blancourt Art of Glass 163 This Colour will be not only deeper, but also far fairer than the precedent. 1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xv. 269 A Bird not above half so big as the precedent. 1737 E. Albin Nat. Hist. Eng. Song-birds 61 This Bird..is lesser than the precedent. 1856 tr. A. O. Exquemelin Hist. Buccaneers Amer. (new ed.) 30 The prickle palm, so called because it is infinitely full of prickles.., much more than the precedent. < as lemmas |
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