PRENOMINATION
PRENOMINA'TION, noun The privilege of being named first.
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PRENOTION
PRENO'TION, noun [Latin proenotio; proe and nosco, to know.]A notice or notion which precedes something else in time; previous notion or thought; foreknowledge.
PRENSATION
PRENSA'TION, noun [Latin prensatio, from prenso, to seize.]The act of seizing with violence. [Little used.]
PRENTICE
PRENTICE, a colloquial contraction of apprentice, which see.
PRENTICESHIP
PRENTICESHIP, a contraction of apprenticeship, which see.
PRENUNCIATION
PRENUNCIA'TION, noun [Latin proenuncio; proe and nuncio, to tell.]The act of telling before. [Not used.]
PREOBTAIN
PREOBTA'IN, verb transitive To obtain beforehand.
PREOBTAINED
PREOBTA'INED, participle passive Previously obtained.
PREOCCUPANCY
PREOC'CUPANCY, noun [Latin proeoccupans.]1. The act of taking possession before another. The property of unoccupied land is vested by preoccupancy2. The right of taking possessi...
PREOCCUPATE
PREOC'CUPATE, verb transitive [Latin proeoccupo; proe and occupo, to seize.]1. To anticipate; to take before.2. To prepossess; to fill with prejudices.[Instead of this, preoccup...
PREOCCUPATION
PREOCCUPA'TION, noun A taking possession before another; prior occupation.1. Anticipation.2. Prepossession.3. Anticipation of objections.
PREOCCUPY
PREOC'CUPY, verb transitive [Latin proeoccupo; proe, before, and occupo, to seize.]1. To take possession before another; as, to preoccupy a country or land not before occupied.2...
PREOMINATE
PREOM'INATE, verb transitive [Latin proe and ominor, to prognosticate.]To prognosticate; to gather from omens any future event.
PREOPINION
PREOPIN'ION, noun [pre and opinion.] Opinion previously formed; prepossession.
PREOPTION
PREOP'TION, noun [pre and option.] The right of first choice.
PREORDAIN
PREORDA'IN, verb transitive [pre and ordain.] To ordain or appoint beforehand; to predetermine. All things are supposed to be preordained by God.
PREORDAINED
PREORDA'INED, participle passive Antecedently ordained or determined.
PREORDAINING
PREORDA'INING, participle present tense Ordaining beforehand.
PREORDINANCE
PREOR'DINANCE, noun [pre and ordinance.]Antecedent decree or determination.
PREORDINATE
PREOR'DINATE, adjective Foreordained. [Little used.]
PREORDINATION
PREORDINA'TION, noun The act of foreordaining; previous determination.
PREPARABLE
PREPA'RABLE, adjective [See Prepare.] That may be prepared.
PREPARATION
PREPARA'TION, noun [Latin proeparatio. See Prepare.]1. The act or operation of preparing or fitting for a particular purpose, use, service or condition; as the preparation of la...
PREPARATIVE
PREPAR'ATIVE, adjective Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying or fitting for any thing; preparatory.He spent much time in quest of knowledg...
PREPARATIVELY
PREPAR'ATIVELY, adverb By way of preparation.
PREPARATORY
PREPAR'ATORY, adjective1. Previously necessary; useful or qualifying; preparing the way for any thing by previous measures of adaptation. The practice of virtue and piety is pre...
PREPARE
PREPA'RE, verb transitive [Latin paro.]1. In a general sense, to fit, adapt or qualify for a particular purpose, end, use, service or state, by any means whatever. We prepare gr...