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PRECONCEIVE v.
To conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to form a previous notion or idea of. In a dead plain the way seemeth the longer, because the eye hath preconceived it shorter than the truth. Bacon.
PRECONCERT v. 2 definitions
To concert or arrange beforehand; to settle by previous agreement.
PRECONCERTED a.
Previously arranged; agreed upon beforehand. -- Pre`con*cert"ed*ly, adv. -- Pre`con*cert"ed*ness, n.
PRECONDEMN v.
To condemn beforehand. -- Pre*con`dem*na"tion, n.
PRECONSCIOUS a.
Of or pertaining to a state before consciousness.
PRECONSIGN v.
To consign beforehand; to make a previous consignment of.
PRECONSOLIDATED a.
Consolidated beforehand.
PRECONSTITUTE v.
To constitute or establish beforehand.
PRECONTRIVE v.
To contrive or plan beforehand.
PREDECEASE n. 2 definitions
The death of one person or thing before another. [R.] Brougham.
PREDECESSIVE a.
Going before; preceding. "Our predecessive students." Massinger.
PREDECLARE v.
To declare or announce beforehand; to preannounce. Milman.
PREDEDICATION n.
A dedication made previously or beforehand.
PREDEFINE v.
To define beforehand.
PREDESIGN v.
To design or purpose beforehand; to predetermine. Mitford.
PREDESTINATE v. 2 definitions
To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to preëlect. Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. Rom. viii. 29.
PREDESTINATIVE a.
Determining beforehand; predestinating. [R.] Coleridge.
PREDESTINE v.
To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate. Young.
PREDETERMINABLE a.
Capable of being determined beforehand. Coleridge.
PREDETERMINATE a.
Determined beforehand; as, the predeterminate counsel of God.
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