Preedy (adv.) With ease.
Preef (n.) Proof.
Preelect (v. t.) To elect beforehand.
Preelection (n.) Election beforehand.
Preeminence (n.) The quality or state of being preeminent; superiority in prominence or in excellence; distinction above others in quality, rank, etc.; rarely, in a bad sense, superiority or notoriety in evil; as, preeminence in honor.
Preeminent (a.) Eminent above others; prominent among those who are eminent; superior in excellence; surpassing, or taking precedence of, others; rarely, surpassing others in evil, or in bad qualities; as, preeminent in guilt.
Preeminently (adv.) In a preeminent degree.
Preemploy (v. t.) To employ beforehand.
Preempted (imp. & p. p.) of Preempt
Preempting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preempt
Preempt (v. t. & i.) To settle upon (public land) with a right of preemption, as under the laws of the United States; to take by preemption.
Preemption (n.) The act or right of purchasing before others.
Preemption (n.) The privilege or prerogative formerly enjoyed by the king of buying provisions for his household in preference to others.
Preemption (n.) The right of an actual settler upon public lands (particularly those of the United States) to purchase a certain portion at a fixed price in preference to all other applicants.
Preemptioner (n.) One who holds a prior to purchase certain public land.
Preemptive (a.) Of or pertaining to preemption; having power to preempt; preempting.
Preemtor (n.) One who preempts; esp., one who preempts public land.
Preemptory (a.) Pertaining to preemption.
Preen (n.) A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.
Preened (imp. & p. p.) of Preen
Preening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preen
Preen (n.) To dress with, or as with, a preen; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers; -- said of birds.
Preen (n.) To trim up, as trees.
Preengaged (imp. & p. p.) of Preengage
Preengaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preengage
Preengage (v. t.) To engage by previous contract; to bind or attach previously; to preoccupy.
Preengagement (n.) Prior engagement, obligation, or attachment, as by contract, promise, or affection.
Preerect (v. t.) To erect beforehand.
Prees (n.) Press; throng.
Preestablish (v. t.) To establish beforehand.
Preestablishment (n.) Settlement beforehand.
Preeternity (n.) Infinite previous duration.
Preexamination (n.) Previous examination.
Preexamined (imp. & p. p.) of Preexamine
Preexamining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preexamine
Preexamine (v. t.) To examine beforehand.
Preexisted (imp. & p. p.) of Preexist
Preexisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preexist
Preexist (v. i.) To exist previously; to exist before something else.
Preexistence (n.) Existence in a former state, or previous to something else.
Preexistence (n.) Existence of the soul before its union with the body; -- a doctrine held by certain philosophers.
Preexistency (n.) Preexistence.
Preexistent (a.) Existing previously; preceding existence; as, a preexistent state.
Preexistentism (n.) The theory of a preexistence of souls before their association with human bodies.
Preexistimation (n.) Previous esteem or estimation.
Preexpectation (n.) Previous expectation.
Preface (n.) Something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay; a proem; an introduction, or series of preliminary remarks.
Preface (n.) The prelude or introduction to the canon of the Mass.
Prefaced (imp. & p. p.) of Preface
Prefacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preface
Preface (v. t.) To introduce by a preface; to give a preface to; as, to preface a book discourse.
Preface (v. i.) To make a preface.
Prefacer (n.) The writer of a preface.
Prefatorial (a.) Prefatory.
Prefatorily (adv.) In a prefatory manner; by way of preface.
Prefatory (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a preface; introductory to a book, essay, or discourse; as, prefatory remarks.
Prefect (n.) A Roman officer who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.; as, the prefect of the aqueducts; the prefect of a camp, of a fleet, of the city guard, of provisions; the pretorian prefect, who was commander of the troops guarding the emperor's person.
Prefect (n.) A superintendent of a department who has control of its police establishment, together with extensive powers of municipal regulation.
Prefect (n.) In the Greek and Roman Catholic churches, a title of certain dignitaries below the rank of bishop.
Prefectorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a prefect.
Prefectship (n.) The office or jurisdiction of a prefect.
Prefecture (n.) The office, position, or jurisdiction of a prefect; also, his official residence.
Prefecundation (n.) A term collectively applied to the changes or conditions preceding fecundation, especially to the changes which the ovum undergoes before fecundation.
Prefecundatory (a.) Of or pertaining to prefecundation.
Preferred (imp. & p. p.) of Prefer
Preferring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prefer
Prefer (v. t.) To carry or bring (something) forward, or before one; hence, to bring for consideration, acceptance, judgment, etc.; to offer; to present; to proffer; to address; -- said especially of a request, prayer, petition, claim, charge, etc.
Prefer (v. t.) To go before, or be before, in estimation; to outrank; to surpass.
Prefer (v. t.) To cause to go before; hence, to advance before others, as to an office or dignity; to raise; to exalt; to promote; as, to prefer an officer to the rank of general.
Prefer (v. t.) To set above or before something else in estimation, favor, or liking; to regard or honor before another; to hold in greater favor; to choose rather; -- often followed by to, before, or above.
Preferability (n.) The quality or state of being preferable; preferableness.
Preferable (a.) Worthy to be preferred or chosen before something else; more desirable; as, a preferable scheme.
Preferableness (n.) The quality or state of being preferable.
Preferably (adv.) In preference; by choice.
Preference (n.) The act of Preferring, or the state of being preferred; the setting of one thing before another; precedence; higher estimation; predilection; choice; also, the power or opportunity of choosing; as, to give him his preference.
Preference (n.) That which is preferred; the object of choice or superior favor; as, which is your preference?
Preferential (a.) Giving, indicating, or having a preference or precedence; as, a preferential claim; preferential shares.
Preferment (n.) The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen; preference.
Preferment (n.) The act of preferring, or advancing in dignity or office; the state of being advanced; promotion.
Preferment (n.) A position or office of honor or profit; as, the preferments of the church.
Preferrer (n.) One who prefers.
Prefidence (n.) The quality or state of being prefident.
Prefident (a.) Trusting beforehand; hence, overconfident.
Prefigurate (v. t.) To prefigure.
Prefiguration (n.) The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured.
Prefigurative (a.) Showing by prefiguration.
Prefigured (imp. & p. p.) of Prefigure
Prefiguring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prefigure
Prefigure (v. t.) To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to foreshadow.
Prefigurement (n.) The act of prefiguring; prefiguration; also, that which is prefigured.
Prefine (v. t.) To limit beforehand.
Prefinite (a.) Prearranged.
Prefinition (n.) Previous limitation.
Prefixed (imp. & p. p.) of Prefix
Prefixing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prefix
Prefix (v. t.) To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition to an agreement.
Prefix (v. t.) To set or appoint beforehand; to settle or establish antecedently.
Prefix (n.) That which is prefixed; esp., one or more letters or syllables combined or united with the beginning of a word to modify its signification; as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure.
Prefixion (n.) The act of prefixing.
Prefloration (n.) Aestivation.