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præjudicate

præjudicate is the obsolete form of prejudicate.

Meaning of prejudicate

Adjective

prejudicate (comparative more prejudicate, superlative most prejudicate)

  1. (obsolete) Prejudiced, biased.
    • their works will be embraced by most that understand them, and their reasons enforce belief even from prejudicate Readers.1650, Thomas Browne, chapter I, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 7
  2. Preconceived (of an opinion, idea etc.); formed before the event.
    • ignorances and prejudicate opinions1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC

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Forms of præjudicate

comparativemore præjudicate
superlativemost præjudicate

Questions about præjudicate

What is præjudicate the obsolete form of?
Præjudicate is the obsolete form of prejudicate.

Words near præjudicate in the dictionary

  1. præfixing
  2. præfixt
  3. præfixum
  4. prægnancy
  5. prægnant
  6. præjudicate
  7. præjudice
  8. præjudiced
  9. præjudices
  10. præjudicing
  11. prælection

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