PRE-ESTABLISH
PRE-ESTAB'LISH, verb transitive [pre and establish.]To establish or settle beforehand.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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PRE-ESTABLISHED
PRE-ESTAB'LISHED, participle passive Previously established.
PRE-ESTABLISHING
PRE-ESTAB'LISHING, participle present tense Settling or ordaining beforehand.
PRE-ESTABLISHMENT
PRE-ESTAB'LISHMENT, noun Settlement beforehand.
PRE-EXAMINATION
PRE-EXAMINA'TION, noun Previous examination.
PRE-EXAMINE
PRE-EXAM'INE, verb transitive To examine beforehand.
PRE-EXIST
PRE-EXIST', verb intransitive [pre and exist.] To exist beforehand or before something else. It has been believed by many philosophers that the souls of men pre-exist that is, e...
PRE-EXISTENCE
PRE-EXIST'ENCE, noun Existence previous to something else.Wisdom declares her antiquity and pre-existenceto all the works of this earth.1. Existence of the soul before its union...
PRE-EXISTENT
PRE-EXIST'ENT, adjective Existing beforehand; preceding in existence.What mortal knows his pre-existent state?
PRE-EXISTIMATION
PRE-EXISTIMA'TION, noun Previous esteem. [Not in use.]
PRE-EXISTING
PRE-EXIST'ING, participle present tense Previously existing.
PRE-EXPECTATION
PRE-EXPECTA'TION, noun Previous expectation.
PREACH
PREACH, verb intransitive [Latin proeco, a crier; precor.]1. To pronounce a public discourse on a religious subject, or from a subject, or from a text of Scripture. The word is ...
PREACHED
PRE'ACHED, participle passive Proclaimed; announced in public discourse; inculcated.
PREACHER
PRE'ACHER, noun One who discourses publicly on religious subjects.1. One that inculcates any thing with earnestness.No preacher is listened to but time.
PREACHERSHIP
PRE'ACHERSHIP, noun The office of a preacher. [Not used.]
PREACHING
PRE'ACHING, participle present tense Proclaiming; publishing in discourse; inculcating.PRE'ACHING, noun The act of preaching; a public religious discourse.
PREACHMAN
PRE'ACHMAN, noun A preacher; in contempt.
PREACHMENT
PRE'ACHMENT, noun A discourse or sermon; in contempt; a discourse affectedly solemn.
PREACQUAINTANCE
PREACQUA'INTANCE, noun Previous acquaintance or knowledge.
PREACQUAINTED
PREACQUA'INTED, adjective Previously acquainted.
PREADAMITE
PREAD'AMITE, noun [pre, before, and Adam.]An inhabitant of the earth that lived before Adam.
PREADAMITIC
PREADAMIT'IC, adjective Designating what existed before Adam; as fictitious preadamitic periods.
PREADMINISTRATION
PREADMINISTRA'TION, noun Previous administration.
PREADMONISH
PREADMON'ISH, verb transitive To admonish previously.
PREADMONITION
PREADMONI'TION, noun Previous warning or admonition.
PREAMBLE
PRE'AMBLE, noun [Latin proe, before, and ambulo, to go.]1. Something previous; introduction to a discourse or writing.2. The introductory part of a statute, which states the rea...