pretervection

English

Etymology

Latin praetervectio, from praetervehere (“to carry beyond”).

Noun

pretervection (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, nonce word) The act of carrying past or beyond.
   • 1697-1698, John Potter, Archaeologia graeca

     the pretervection of the body by some place

References

• “pretervection”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.