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preconform

preconform verb: to conform by way of anticipation.

Verb

preconform (third-person singular simple present preconforms, present participle preconforming, simple past and past participle preconformed)

  1. To conform by way of anticipation.
    • [T]he passions […] are such passions as could not have existed under Paganism, in some respects they condescend and pre-conform to the stage.1847 February, Thomas De Quincey, “Notes on Walter Savage Landor”, in Leaders in Literature with a Notice of Traditional Errors Affecting Them (De Quincey’s Works; IX), London: James Hogg & Sons...

Forms of preconform

third-person singular presentpreconforms
present participlepreconforming
past participlepreconformed
pastpreconformed

Origin of preconform

From pre- + conform.

Questions about preconform

What does preconform mean?
Preconform means to conform by way of anticipation.
What part of speech is preconform?
Preconform is a verb.
What is the past tense of preconform?
The past tense of preconform is preconformed.

Words near preconform in the dictionary

  1. preconflict
  2. preconfluence
  3. preconfluences
  4. preconfluent
  5. preconfluently
  6. preconform
  7. preconformational
  8. preconformed
  9. preconforming
  10. preconformity
  11. preconforms

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