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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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PREEMPTOR n.
One who preëmpts; esp., one who preëmpts public land.
PREEMPTORY a.
Pertaining to preëmption.
PREEN v. 3 definitions
To dress with, or as with, a preen; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers; -- said of birds. Derham.
PREENGAGE v.
To engage by previous contract; to bind or attach previously; to preoccupy. But he was preëngaged by former ties. Dryden.
PREENGAGEMENT n.
Prior engagement, obligation, or attachment, as by contract, promise, or affection. My preëngagements to other themes were not unknown to those for whom I was to write. Boyle.
PREERECT v.
To erect beforehand.
PREES n.
Press; throng. [Obs.] Chaucer.
PREESTABLISH v.
To establish beforehand.
PREESTABLISHMENT n.
Settlement beforehand.
PREETERNITY n.
Infinite previous duration. [R.] "The world's preëternity." Cudworth.
PREEXAMINATION n.
Previous examination.
PREEXAMINE v.
To examine beforehand.
PREEXIST v.
To exist previously; to exist before something else.
PREEXISTENCE n. 2 definitions
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.
PREEXISTENCY n.
Preëxistence. [Obs.]
PREEXISTENT a.
Existing previously; preceding existence; as, a preëxistent state. Pope.
PREEXISTENTISM n.
The theory of a preëxistence of souls before their association with human bodies. Emerson.
PREEXISTIMATION n.
Previous esteem or estimation. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
PREEXPECTATION n.
Previous expectation.
PUGGAREE n.
Same as Puggry.
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