The Oxford English Dictionary Is Our Friend!
- Sep
- 13
- Posted by mikerogalski
- Posted in Interpretation and Meaning
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I am embarrassed to admit how long I read East Coker’s Lines 157 – 161 with a patently wrong meaning of the word “prevent” in mind—as in to preclude. It is even more embarrassing to admit that in fact I had no idea that there was another, earlier meaning: to anticipate, to provide, to go before. […]
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