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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
precontrive .
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Examples
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As if a Cromwell in that dark, huge game he had been playing, the world wholly thrown into chaos round him, had _foreseen_ it all, and played it all off like a precontrived puppet-show by wood and wire!
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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As if a Cromwell in that dark huge game he had been playing, the world wholly thrown into chaos round him, had _foreseen_ it all, and played it all off like a precontrived puppetshow by wood and wire!
Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Thomas Carlyle 1838
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Yes, because the common sense meaning of “I guarantee victory” is that it’s a promise indicative of a precontrived sham.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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Yes, because the common sense meaning of “I guarantee victory” is that it’s a promise indicative of a precontrived sham.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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