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prealter

prealter verb: to alter in advance.

Verb

prealter (third-person singular simple present prealters, present participle prealtering, simple past and past participle prealtered)

  1. (transitive) To alter in advance.

Forms of prealter

third-person singular presentprealters
present participleprealtering
past participleprealtered
pastprealtered

Origin of prealter

From pre- + alter.

Questions about prealter

What does prealter mean?
Prealter means to alter in advance.
What part of speech is prealter?
Prealter is a verb.
What is the past tense of prealter?
The past tense of prealter is prealtered.

Words near prealter in the dictionary

  1. prealphabet
  2. prealphabetic
  3. prealphabetical
  4. prealphabets
  5. Prealps
  6. prealter
  7. prealtered
  8. prealtering
  9. prealternate
  10. prealters
  11. preamalgamation

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