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preallable

preallable adjective: preliminary; previous.

Adjective

preallable (comparative more preallable, superlative most preallable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Preliminary; previous.
    • And it was not to bee modelled or directed by the paterne of regular and remisse friendship, wherein so many precautions of a long and preallable conversation are required., Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.187

Forms of preallable

comparativemore preallable
superlativemost preallable

Origin of preallable

From Middle French preallable ( > modern préalable), from prealler (“to precede”).

Words formed from preallable

Questions about preallable

What does preallable mean?
Preallable means preliminary; previous.
What part of speech is preallable?
Preallable is an adjective.

Words near preallable in the dictionary

  1. prealigning
  2. prealignment
  3. prealignments
  4. prealigns
  5. prealiquoted
  6. preallable
  7. preallably
  8. preallocate
  9. preallocated
  10. preallocates
  11. preallocating

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