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precel

precel verb: to surpass; to excel; to exceed.

Verb

precel (third-person singular simple present precels, present participle precelling, simple past and past participle precelled)

  1. (obsolete) To surpass; to excel; to exceed.
    • […]attempted a Princely Graffe, which as farre precels her, which hee hath lighted upon[…]1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC

Forms of precel

third-person singular presentprecels
present participleprecelling
past participleprecelled
pastprecelled

Origin of precel

See precellence.

Questions about precel

What does precel mean?
Precel means to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
What part of speech is precel?
Precel is a verb.
What is the past tense of precel?
The past tense of precel is precelled.

Words near precel in the dictionary

  1. precedeth
  2. preceding
  3. precedingly
  4. preceed
  5. preceeding
  6. precel
  7. precelebrate
  8. precelebrated
  9. precelebrates
  10. precelebrating
  11. precelebration

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