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preemployed

preemployed is the simple past and past participle of preemploy.

Meaning of preemploy

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...

Questions about preemployed

What is preemployed the simple past and past participle of?
Preemployed is the simple past and past participle of preemploy.

Words near preemployed in the dictionary

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

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