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Premorse Pre·morse" adjective [ Latin praemorsus , past participle of praemordere to bite off; prae before + mordere to bite.] Terminated abruptly, or as it bitten off.

Premorse root or leaves (Botany) , such as have an abrupt, ragged, and irregular termination, as if bitten off short.

Premosaic Pre`mo·sa"ic adjective Relating to the time before Moses; as, premosaic history.

Premotion Pre·mo"tion noun [ Prefix pre- + motion .] Previous motion or excitement to action.

Premunire Prem`u·ni"re noun (Law) See Præmunire .

Premunite Prem`u·nite" transitive verb [ Latin praemunitus , past participle of praemunire to fortify in front; prae before + munire to fortify.] To fortify beforehand; to guard against objection. [ Obsolete] Fotherby.

Premunition Pre`mu·ni"tion noun [ Latin praemunitio : confer French prémunition .] The act of fortifying or guarding against objections. [ Obsolete]

Premunitory Pre·mu"ni·to·ry adjective Of or pertaining to a premunire; as, a premunitory process.

Prenasal Pre·na"sal adjective (Anat.) Situated in front of the nose, or in front of the nasal chambers.

Prenatal Pre·na"tal adjective Being or happening before birth.

Prender Pren"der noun [ French prendre to take, from Latin prehendere to take.] (Law) The power or right of taking a thing before it is offered. Burrill.

Prenomen Pre·no"men noun See Prænomen .

Prenominal Pre·nom"i·nal adjective Serving as a prefix in a compound name. Sir T. Browne.

Prenominate Pre·nom"i·nate adjective [ Latin praenominatus , past participle of praenominare to give the prenomen to, to prenominate, from praenomen prenomen.] Forenamed; named beforehand. [ R.] " Prenominate crimes." Shak.

Prenominate Pre·nom"i·nate transitive verb To forename; to name beforehand; to tell by name beforehand. Shak.

Prenomination Pre·nom`i·na·tion noun The act of prenominating; privilege of being named first. Sir T. Browne.

Prenostic Pre·nos"tic noun [ Latin praenoscere to foreknow; prae before + noscere , notum , to know.] A prognostic; an omen. [ Obsolete] Gower.

Prenote Pre·note" transitive verb [ Latin praenotare ; prae before + notare to note.] To note or designate beforehand. Foxe.

Prenotion Pre·no"tion noun [ Latin praenotio : confer French prénotion . See Prenostic .] A notice or notion which precedes something else in time; previous notion or thought; foreknowledge. Bacon.

Prensation Pren·sa"tion noun [ Latin prensatio , from prensare , prehensare , v. freq. from prehendere to seize.] The act of seizing with violence. [ Obsolete] Barrow .

Prentice Pren"tice noun [ Aphetic form of apprentice .] An apprentice. [ Obsolete or Colloq.] Piers Plowman. "My accuser is my prentice ." Shak.

Prenticehood Pren"tice·hood noun Apprenticehood. [ Obsolete]

This jolly prentice with his master bode
Till he was out nigh of his prenticehood .

Chaucer.

Prenticeship Pren"tice·ship noun Apprenticeship. [ Obsolete or Colloq.]

He served a prenticeship who sets up shop.

Pope.

Prenunciation Pre·nun`ci·a"tion noun [ Latin praenunciatio , from praenunciare to announce beforehand. See Pre- , and Announce .] The act of announcing or proclaiming beforehand. [ Obsolete]

Prenuncious Pre·nun"cious adjective [ Latin praenuncius .] Announcing beforehand; presaging. [ Obsolete] Blount.

Preoblongata Pre·ob`lon·ga"ta noun [ New Latin See Pre- , and Oblongata .] (Anat.) The anterior part of the medulla oblongata. B. G. Wilder.

Preobtain Pre`ob·tain" transitive verb To obtain beforehand.

Preoccupancy Pre·oc"cu·pan·cy noun [ See Preoccupate .] The act or right of taking possession before another; as, the preoccupancy of wild land.

Preoccupate Pre·oc"cu·pate transitive verb [ Latin praeoccupatus , past participle of praeoccupare to preoccupy. See Preoccupy .]

1. To anticipate; to take before. [ Obsolete] "Fear preoccupateth it [ death]." Bacon.

2. To prepossess; to prejudice. [ Obsolete] Sir H. Wotton.

Preoccupation Pre·oc`cu·pa"tion noun [ Latin praeoccupatio : confer French préoccupation .] 1. The act of preoccupying, or taking possession of beforehand; the state of being preoccupied; prepossession.

2. Anticipation of objections. [ R.] South.

Preoccupy Pre·oc"cu·py transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Preoccupied (-pīd); present participle & verbal noun Preoccupying .] [ Confer French préoccuper . See Preoccupate , Occupy .] 1. To take possession of before another; as, to preoccupy a country not before held.

2. To prepossess; to engage, occupy, or engross the attention of, beforehand; hence, to prejudice.

I Think it more respectful to the reader to leave something to reflections than to preoccupy his judgment.

Arbuthnot.

Preocular Pre·oc"u·lar adjective (Zoology) Placed just in front of the eyes, as the antennæ of certain insects. -- noun One of the scales just in front of the eye of a reptile or fish.

Preominate Pre·om"i·nate transitive verb To ominate beforehand; to portend. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Browne.

Preopercular Pre`o·per"cu·lar adjective (Anat.) Situated in front of the operculum; pertaining to the preoperculum. -- noun The preoperculum.

Preoperculum Pre`o·per"cu·lum noun [ New Latin ] (Anat.) The anterior opercular bone in fishes.

Preopinion Pre`o·pin"ion noun Opinion previously formed; prepossession; prejudice. Sir T. Browne.

Preoption Pre·op"tion noun Right of first choice.

Preoral Pre·o"ral adjective (Anat.) Situated in front of, or anterior to, the mouth; as, preoral bands.

Preorbital Pre·or"bit·al adjective (Anat.) Situated in front or the orbit.

Preordain Pre`or·dain" transitive verb [ Prefix pre + ordain : confer Latin praeordinare .] To ordain or appoint beforehand: to predetermine: to foreordain. Milton.

Preorder Pre·or"der transitive verb To order to arrange beforehand; to foreordain. Sir W. Hamilton.

Preordinance Pre·or"di·nance noun Antecedent decree or determination. Shak.

Preordinate Pre·or"di·nate adjective [ Latin praeordinatus , past participle See Preordain .] Preordained. [ R.] Sir T. Elyot.

Preordination Pre·or`di·na"tion noun [ Confer French préordination .] The act of foreordaining: previous determination. "The preordination of God." Bale.

Preparable Pre·par"a·ble adjective Capable of being prepared. "Medicine preparable by art." Boyle.

Preparation Prep`a·ra"tion noun [ French préparation , Latin praeparatio . See Prepare .]

1. The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready; as, the preparation of land for a crop of wheat; the preparation of troops for a campaign.

2. The state of being prepared or made ready; preparedness; readiness; fitness; as, a nation in good preparation for war.

3. That which makes ready, prepares the way, or introduces; a preparatory act or measure.

I will show what preparations there were in nature for this dissolution.

T. Burnet.

4. That which is prepared, made, or compounded by a certain process or for a particular purpose; a combination. Specifically: (a) Any medicinal substance fitted for use. (b) Anything treated for preservation or examination as a specimen. (c) Something prepared for use in cookery.

I wish the chemists had been more sparing who magnify their preparations .

Sir T. Browne.

In the preparations of cookery, the most volatile parts of vegetables are destroyed.

Arbuthnot.

5. An army or fleet. [ Obsolete] Shak.

6. (Mus.) The holding over of a note from one chord into the next chord, where it forms a temporary discord, until resolved in the chord that follows; the anticipation of a discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock. See Suspension .

7. Accomplishment; qualification. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Preparative Pre·par"a·tive adjective [ Confer French préparatif .] Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying, or fitting; preparatory.

Laborious quest of knowledge preparative to this work.

South.

Preparative Pre·par"a·tive noun

1. That which has the power of preparing, or previously fitting for a purpose; that which prepares. "A preparative unto sermons." Hooker.

2. That which is done in the way of preparation. "Necessary preparatives for our voyage." Dryden.

Preparatively Pre·par"a·tive·ly adverb By way of preparation.

Preparator Pre·par"a·tor noun [ Latin praeparator .] One who prepares beforehand, as subjects for dissection, specimens for preservation in collections, etc. Agassiz.

Preparatory Pre·par"a·to·ry adjective [ Latin praeparatorius : confer French préparatoire .] Preparing the way for anything by previous measures of adaptation; antecedent and adapted to what follows; introductory; preparative; as, a preparatory school; a preparatory condition.

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