Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of carrying past or beyond.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The act of carrying past or beyond.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete, nonce word The act of
carrying past orbeyond .
Etymologies
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Latin praetervectio, from praetervehere ("to carry beyond").
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