Home › Words › P › pretervectionpretervectionpretervection · noun — the act of carrying past or beyond.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom Latin praetervectio, from praetervehere (“to carry beyond”).nounThe act of carrying past or beyond.e.g.“1697-1698, John Potter, Archaeologia graeca the pretervection of the body by some place”Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).