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precompose

precompose verb: to compose beforehand.

Verb

precompose (third-person singular simple present precomposes, present participle precomposing, simple past and past participle precomposed)

  1. (transitive) To compose beforehand.
    • the precomposed Liturgy of St. Gregory1708, Thomas Bennet, A Brief History of the Joint Use of Precompos'd Set Forms of Prayer
  2. (transitive) To apply (an operation) before another operation occurs.

Antonyms of precompose

Forms of precompose

third-person singular presentprecomposes
present participleprecomposing
past participleprecomposed
pastprecomposed

Origin of precompose

From pre- + compose.

Questions about precompose

What does precompose mean?
Precompose means to compose beforehand.
What part of speech is precompose?
Precompose is a verb.
What is the past tense of precompose?
The past tense of precompose is precomposed.

Words near precompose in the dictionary

  1. precomplex
  2. precomplexation
  3. precomplexed
  4. precomplexes
  5. precomplexing
  6. precompose
  7. precomposed
  8. precomposes
  9. precomposing
  10. precomposition
  11. precompositional

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