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preëmpts

preëmpts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of preëmpt.

Meaning of preëmpt

Verb

preëmpt (third-person singular simple present preëmpts, present participle preëmpting, simple past and past participle preëmpted)

  1. Dated spelling of preempt.
    • He was appointed probate judge by Governor Medary in 1859, and under the territorial laws it became his duty to preëmpt the townsite of Burlington, which he did, his predecessor, W. R. Saunders, having resigned to escape that duty.1912, Frank W. Blackmar, Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. — Volume III, Part 2, page 1329

Questions about preëmpts

What is preëmpts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Preëmpts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of preëmpt.

Words near preëmpts in the dictionary

  1. preëmptive
  2. preëmptively
  3. preëmptor
  4. preëmptors
  5. preëmptory
  6. preëmpts
  7. preëstablish
  8. preëstablished
  9. preëstablishes
  10. preëstablishing
  11. preëstablishment

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