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preassurance

preassurance noun: previous assurance.

Noun

preassurance (usually uncountable, plural preassurances)

  1. (usually) previous assurance
    • Throughout animated Nature, of each characteristic Organ and Faculty there exists a preassurance, an instinctive and practical anticipation; and no preassurance common to a whole species does in any instance prove delusive.1825, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, Aids to Reflection in the Formation of a Manly Character on the Several Grounds of Prudence, Morality, and Religion: […], London: […] Thomas Davison, […] for Taylor...

Forms of preassurance

pluralpreassurances

Origin of preassurance

From pre- + assurance.

Questions about preassurance

What does preassurance mean?
Preassurance means previous assurance.
What part of speech is preassurance?
Preassurance is a noun.
What is the plural of preassurance?
The plural of preassurance is preassurances.

Words near preassurance in the dictionary

  1. preassumed
  2. preassumes
  3. preassuming
  4. preassumption
  5. preassumptions
  6. preassurance
  7. preassurances
  8. preasthmatic
  9. preasymptotic
  10. preataxic
  11. preatheroma

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