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preëstablishing

preëstablishing is the present participle and gerund of preëstablish.

Meaning of preëstablish

Verb

preëstablish (third-person singular simple present preëstablishes, present participle preëstablishing, simple past and past participle preëstablished)

  1. Dated spelling of preestablish.
    • But the future, say they, is necessary, either because the Divinity foresees all things, and even preëstablishes them in governing the universe; or because all things necessarily come to pass by a concatenation of causes.1854, Albert Taylor Bledsoe, A Theodicy; or, Vindication of the Divine Glory, as Manifested in the Constitution and Government of the Moral World, New York, N.Y.: Carlton & Phillips, page 58

Questions about preëstablishing

What is preëstablishing the present participle and gerund of?
Preëstablishing is the present participle and gerund of preëstablish.

Words near preëstablishing in the dictionary

  1. preëmptory
  2. preëmpts
  3. preëstablish
  4. preëstablished
  5. preëstablishes
  6. preëstablishing
  7. preëstablishment
  8. preëxilic
  9. preëxist
  10. preëxisted
  11. preëxistence

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