Webster's Dictionary 1913

7372

Preëngage

Pre′ën‐gage″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Preëngaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Preëngaging (?).] To engage by previous contract; to bind or attach previously; to preoccupy.But he was preën...

7373

Preëngagement

Pre′ën‐gage″ment (?), n. Prior engagement, obligation, or attachment, as by contract, promise, or affection.My preëngagements to other themes were not unknown to those for whom ...

7374

Preërect

Pre′ë‐rect″ (?), v. t. To erect beforehand.

7375

Prees

Prees (?), n. Press; throng. Chaucer.

7376

Preëstablish

Pre′ës‐tab″lish, v. t. To establish beforehand.

7377

Preëstablishment

Pre′ës‐tab″lish‐ment, n. Settlement beforehand.

7378

Preëternity

Pre′ë‐ter″ni‐ty (?), n. Infinite previous duration. “The world's preëternity.” Cudworth.

7379

Preëxamination

Pre′ëx‐am′i‐na″tion (?), n. Previous examination.

7380

Preëxamine

Pre′ëx‐am″ine (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Preëxamined (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Preëxamining.] To examine beforehand.

7381

Preëxist

Pre′ëx‐ist″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Preëxisted; p. pr. & vb. n.Preëxisting.] To exist previously; to exist before something else.

7382

Preëxistence

Pre′ëx‐ist″ence (?), n. 1. Existence in a former state, or previous to something else.Wisdom declares her antiquity and preëxistence to all the works of this earth. T. Burnet.2....

7383

Preëxistency

Pre′ëx‐ist″en‐cy (?), n. Preëxistence.

7384

Preëxistent

Pre′ëx‐ist″ent (?), a. Existing previously; preceding existence; as, a preëxistent state. Pope.

7385

Preëxistentism

Pre′ëx‐ist″ent‐ism (?), n.(Philos.) The theory of a preëxistence of souls before their association with human bodies. Emerson.

7386

Preëxistimation

Pre′ëx‐is′ti‐ma″tion (?), n. Previous esteem or estimation. Sir T. Browne.

7387

Preëxpectation

Pre‐ëx′pec‐ta″tion (?), n. Previous expectation.

7388

Preface

Pref″ace (?; 48), n. [F. préface; cf. Sp. prefacio, prefacion, It. prefazio, prefazione; all fr. L. praefatio, fr. praefari to speak or say beforehand; prae before + fari, fatus...

7389

Preface (2)

Pref″ace, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Prefaced (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Prefacing.] To introduce by a preface; to give a preface to; as, to preface a book discourse.

7390

Preface (3)

Pref″ace, v. i. To make a preface. Jer. Taylor.

7391

Prefacer

Pref″a‐cer (?), n. The writer of a preface.

7392

Prefatorial

Pref′a‐to″ri‐al (?), a. Prefatory.

7393

Prefatorily

Pref″a‐to‐ri‐ly (?), adv. In a prefatory manner; by way of preface.

7394

Prefatory

Pref″a‐to‐ry (?), a. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a preface; introductory to a book, essay, or discourse; as, prefatory remarks.That prefatory addition to the Creed. Dryden.

7395

Prefect

Pre″fect (?), n. [L. praefectus, fr. praefectus, p. p. of praeficere to set over; prae before + facere to make: cf. F. préfet.] 1. A Roman officer who controlled or superintende...

7396

Prefectorial

Pre′fec‐to″ri‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a prefect.

7397

Prefectship

Pre″fect‐ship (?), n. The office or jurisdiction of a prefect.

7398

Prefecture

Pre″fec‐ture (?; 277), n. [L. praefectura: cf. F. préfecture.] The office, position, or jurisdiction of a prefect; also, his official residence.