Definition of "presignification"

presignification

noun
plural presignifications
1. The act of signifying or showing beforehand.
  Quotations
  To this kind we may refer the presignification and prediction of future events, especially those which are contingent, and depend upon man's free choice; to the doing of which nothing is more evident in itself, nor more acknowledged by all, than that a power or wisdom supernatural is required […]
  a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). The Being of God Proved from Supernatural Effects”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831

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