单词 pretensory 释义 † pretensory, a. Obs. rare—1.[f. as pretensive + -ory2.]? = pretensive 1.1663Flagellum, or O. Cromwell (1672) 119 With the pretensory advice of his......
prepublication prepublicity prepuce prepucy prepulse prepunched prepunctual prepupa prepupal preputial prepyloric prepyramid prequalification prequalify prequel prerabbin......
单词 preter 释义 † preter, a. (n.) Obs.|prit(r)|Also 7 prter.[The contraction prter for prteritum preterite, in preterperfect, etc., prefixed in the same way to tense, a......
单词 pretentiousness 释义 pretentiousness[f. as prec. + -ness.]The quality or condition of being pretentious.1863Holland Lett. Joneses xii. 172 A pretentious man is, by t......
单词 preterea 释义 ‖ preterea|pritri|[L. prtere adv., beyond those, besides, f. prter beyond + ea pl., ‘those’. Taken in quot. as a n. (perh. orig. a heading of items ......
单词 preter- 释义 preter-, prter-, prefix|prit(r)|The L. adv. and prep. prter past, by, beyond, above, more than; in addition to, besides; comparative of pr before, = fur......
单词 pretenture 释义 pretenture Rom. Antiq.|pritntj(r)|Also pr-.[ad. late L. prtentra (Ammian. Marcell.) a guard on the frontier of a province, also a barricade, f. prten......
单词 pretention 释义 pretentionobs. form of pretension.{var l=document.getElementsByTagName("link");var r=/OED4.css$/;for(var i=l.length-1;i>=0;i--)with(l[i].href){var m=......
单词 pretentiously 释义 pretentiously, adv.[f. prec. + -ly2.]In a pretentious manner.1864in Webster.1880Mrs. Whitney Odd or Even? xiv, While she, really, not pretentiousl......
单词 pretensively 释义 pretensively, adv. rare.[f. prec. + -ly2.]In a pretensive manner; professedly; as a pretext.1607Schol. Disc. agst. Antichr. i. i. 36 A stand agains......