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preemploy

preemploy verb: to employ beforehand.

Verb

preemploy (third-person singular simple present preemploys, present participle preemploying, simple past and past participle preemployed)

  1. (transitive) To employ beforehand.
    • That false villain
      Whom I employed was preemployed by him.c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Forms of preemploy

third-person singular presentpreemploys
present participlepreemploying
past participlepreemployed
pastpreemployed

Origin of preemploy

From pre- + employ.

Questions about preemploy

What does preemploy mean?
Preemploy means to employ beforehand.
What part of speech is preemploy?
Preemploy is a verb.
What is the past tense of preemploy?
The past tense of preemploy is preemployed.

Words near preemploy in the dictionary

  1. preeminency
  2. preeminent
  3. preeminently
  4. preeming
  5. preemphasis
  6. preemploy
  7. preemployed
  8. preemploying
  9. preemployment
  10. preemploys
  11. preempt

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