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preconise

preconise is the alternative form of preconize.

Meaning of preconize

Verb

preconize (third-person singular simple present preconizes, present participle preconizing, simple past and past participle preconized)

  1. To proclaim in public; especially (of the Pope) to announce the appointment of a bishop.
    • The song grew louder, with more insistent, magical tones, surging and falling in unearthly modulations, the very speech of incantation; and the drum beat madly, and the pipe shrilled to a scream, summoning all to issue forth, to leave their peaceful hearths; for a strange rite was preconized in...1922, Arthur Machen, The House of Souls

Forms of preconise

third-person singular presentpreconises
present participlepreconising
past participlepreconised
pastpreconised

Questions about preconise

What is preconise the alternative form of?
Preconise is the alternative form of preconize.

Words near preconise in the dictionary

  1. precongressional
  2. precongruence
  3. precongruences
  4. preconisation
  5. preconisations
  6. preconise
  7. preconised
  8. preconises
  9. preconising
  10. preconization
  11. preconizations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: preconise (page history and authors); preconize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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