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precent

precent verb: to act as precentor, leading songs or prayers in a place of worship.

Verb

precent (third-person singular simple present precents, present participle precenting, simple past and past participle precented)

  1. (intransitive) To act as precentor, leading songs or prayers in a place of worship.

Forms of precent

third-person singular presentprecents
present participleprecenting
past participleprecented
pastprecented

Questions about precent

What does precent mean?
Precent means to act as precentor, leading songs or prayers in a place of worship.
What part of speech is precent?
Precent is a verb.
What is the past tense of precent?
The past tense of precent is precented.

Words near precent in the dictionary

  1. precensored
  2. precensoring
  3. precensors
  4. precensorship
  5. precensus
  6. precent
  7. precented
  8. precenting
  9. precentor
  10. precentorial
  11. precentors

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