Meaning of prehumously | Babel Free

Definitions

Before death.

not-comparable

Examples

“Prior to the coming event, the father of the as-yet-unborn Tristram is indulging in some serious speculations with the Doctor relevant to the site of the human soul. Tristram relates prehumously, one might say⟳, the prevailing thoughts of his father:[…]”

“(Whenever my demise, I can assure you what I say⟳ today will not ever be published posthumously or even “prehumously” … )”

“Micky does not see⟳ the point⟳ of Harold’s choice to race⟳ the tide. Harold’s last⟳ words are ‘Well, you will some day.’ There is a point⟳, then; Harold sees it immediately and prehumously, while Micky will see⟳ it posthumously. The literal meaning of ‘see⟳’ lends spatial context to the ‘point⟳,’ the temporal context of which is established by Harold’s last⟳ words. The mathematically literal meaning of ‘point⟳’ is ‘position without extension.’”

“Announce⟳ death-defying journals & book—a style which can be published anytime. Maybe I should do a posthumous book out of journals prehumously.”

“Even more evocative of the De Vulgari as a whole than Dante’s deceit is the extraordinary chronology of these sinners’ punishment: just as the De Vulgari is Dante’s prehumous Hell, so do these suffer⟳ Hell prehumously, their souls consigned there while their bodies yet live⟳.”

“We were pleased to note⟳ that a couple of our own⟳ were honored prehumously a few months ago for their contributions to dentistry.”

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