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preemploying

preemploying is the present participle and gerund 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 preemploying

What is preemploying the present participle and gerund of?
Preemploying is the present participle and gerund of preemploy.

Words near preemploying in the dictionary

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

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