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preform

Noun, Verb (transitive)

pre=form

WORDNET DICTIONARY

preform(v = verb.creation) Array - form into a shape resembling the final, desired one; Array

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

preform(v = verb.creation) Array - form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand; Array

Derived form noun preformation₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

preform, v. t. [L. praeformare. See Pre-, and Form.].

To form beforehand, or for special ends. Shak. [1913 Webster]

preform, v.tr. form beforehand.

Derivative

preformation n.

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