Precompose
(Pre`com*pose") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Precomposed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Precomposing.]
To compose beforehand. Johnson.
Preconceit
(Pre`con*ceit") n. An opinion or notion formed beforehand; a preconception. Hooker.
Preconceive
(Pre`con*ceive") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preconceived ; p. pr. & vb. n. Preconceiving.] 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. Preconception
(Pre`con*cep"tion) n. The act of preconceiving; conception or opinion previously formed.
Preconcert
(Pre`con*cert") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preconcerted; p. pr. & vb. n. Preconcerting.] To
concert or arrange beforehand; to settle by previous agreement.
Preconcert
(Pre*con"cert) n. Something concerted or arranged beforehand; a previous agreement.
Preconcerted
(Pre`con*cert"ed) a. Previously arranged; agreed upon beforehand. — Pre`con*cert"ed*ly,
adv. — Pre`con*cert"ed*ness, n.
Preconcertion
(Pre`con*cer"tion) n. The act of preconcerting; preconcert. Dr. T. Dwight.
Precondemn
(Pre`con*demn`) v. t. To condemn beforehand. — Pre*con`dem*na"tion n.
Precondition
(Pre`con*di"tion) n. A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition.
Preconform
(Pre`con*form") v. t. & i. To conform by way anticipation. De Quincey.
Preconformity
(Pre`con*form"i*ty) n. Anticipative or antecedent conformity. Coleridge.
Preconizate
(Pre*con"i*zate) v. t. [Cf. F. préconiser.] To proclaim; to publish; also, to summon; to call.
[Obs.] Bp. Burnet.
Preconization
(Pre*con`i*za"tion) n. [L. praeconium a crying out in public, fr. praeco, - onis, a crier, a
herald: cf. F. préconisation.]
1. A publishing by proclamation; a public proclamation. Bp. Hall.
2. (Eccl.) A formal approbation by the pope of a person nominated to an ecclesiastical dignity. Addis
& Arnold.
Preconize
(Pre"con*ize) v. t. (Eccl.) To approve by preconization.
Preconquer
(Pre*con"quer) v. t. To conquer in anticipation. [R.] Fuller.
Preconscious
(Pre*con""scious) a. Of or pertaining to a state before consciousness.
