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preemploys

preemploys is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 preemploys

What is preemploys the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Preemploys is the third-person singular simple present indicative of preemploy.

Words near preemploys in the dictionary

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

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