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preconstitutes

preconstitutes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of preconstitute.

Meaning of preconstitute

Verb

preconstitute (third-person singular simple present preconstitutes, present participle preconstituting, simple past and past participle preconstituted)

  1. (transitive) To constitute or establish beforehand.
    • Too often writing—in the broadest sense—is treated as a communicational medium where the subjects of that communication are constituted prior to the writing, where the objects of that communication are also constituted prior to that writing, and where the task of writing is seen as transparently...2015, “Staging the Politics of Difference: Homi Bhabha's Critical Literacy, Gary A. Olson and Lynn Worsham.”, in Gary A. Olson, Lynn Worsham, Henry A. Giroux, editors, Politics of Possibility...

Questions about preconstitutes

What is preconstitutes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Preconstitutes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of preconstitute.

Words near preconstitutes in the dictionary

  1. preconsonantal
  2. preconsonantally
  3. preconspiracy
  4. preconstitute
  5. preconstituted
  6. preconstitutes
  7. preconstituting
  8. preconstitutional
  9. preconstricted
  10. preconstriction
  11. preconstrictions

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