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preambulated

preambulated is the simple past and past participle of preambulate.

Meaning of preambulate

Verb

preambulate (third-person singular simple present preambulates, present participle preambulating, simple past and past participle preambulated)

  1. To walk before; figuratively, to precede.
    • “Lolita, or the Confession of a White Widowed Male,” such were the two titles under which the writer of the present note received the strange pages it preambulates.1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, published August 1958, →OCLC

Questions about preambulated

What is preambulated the simple past and past participle of?
Preambulated is the simple past and past participle of preambulate.

Words near preambulated in the dictionary

  1. preambles
  2. preambling
  3. preambular
  4. preambulary
  5. preambulate
  6. preambulated
  7. preambulates
  8. preambulating
  9. preambulation
  10. preambulations
  11. preambulatory

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