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preconformed

preconformed is the simple past and past participle of preconform.

Meaning of preconform

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...

Questions about preconformed

What is preconformed the simple past and past participle of?
Preconformed is the simple past and past participle of preconform.

Words near preconformed in the dictionary

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

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