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preassurances

preassurances is the plural of preassurance.

Meaning of preassurance

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...

Questions about preassurances

What is preassurances the plural of?
Preassurances is the plural of preassurance.

Words near preassurances in the dictionary

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

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