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precertify

precertify verb: to certify in advance.

Verb

precertify (third-person singular simple present precertifies, present participle precertifying, simple past and past participle precertified)

  1. (transitive) To certify in advance.
    • Mr. Potter said that if the judge found that eBay had the same duty as flea markets and traditional retail stores to not sell counterfeit products, eBay will likely have to either stop auctioning famous luxury products or radically alter the way it does business so that it can precertify the...2007 November 27, Katie Hafner, “Tiffany and eBay in Fight Over Fakes”, in New York Times

Forms of precertify

third-person singular presentprecertifies
present participleprecertifying
past participleprecertified
pastprecertified

Origin of precertify

From pre- + certify.

Questions about precertify

What does precertify mean?
Precertify means to certify in advance.
What part of speech is precertify?
Precertify is a verb.
What is the past tense of precertify?
The past tense of precertify is precertified.

Words near precertify in the dictionary

  1. precertificate
  2. precertificates
  3. precertification
  4. precertified
  5. precertifies
  6. precertify
  7. precertifying
  8. preces
  9. precess
  10. precessed
  11. precesses

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