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preconforming

preconforming is the present participle and gerund 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 preconforming

What is preconforming the present participle and gerund of?
Preconforming is the present participle and gerund of preconform.

Words near preconforming in the dictionary

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

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