pretervection
English
editEtymology
editLatin praetervectio, from praetervehere (“to carry beyond”).
Noun
editpretervection (uncountable)
- (obsolete, nonce word) The act of carrying past or beyond.
- 1697-1698, John Potter, Archaeologia graeca
- the pretervection of the body by some place
- 1697-1698, John Potter, Archaeologia graeca
References
edit- “pretervection”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.