† preterˈvection Obs. rare.
[ad. L. prætervectiōn-em, n. of action from prætervehĕre to carry or convey past, f. præter, preter- + vehĕre to carry.]
The action of carrying past a place or station.
| 1697 Potter Antiq. Greece iv. iv. (1715) 189 The Place he produces out of Eunapius to that Purpose [παρακοµίζειν] seems rather to denote the Praetervection of the Body by some Place, than its Elation from the House wherein it was prepar'd for Burial. |