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preenact

/pɹi.ɛnækt/

preenact verb: to enact in advance.

Verb

preenact (third-person singular simple present preenacts, present participle preenacting, simple past and past participle preenacted)

  1. (transitive) To enact in advance.
    • But the event at the Last Supper was indeed a sacrifice, precisely because it preenacted the sacrifice on Calvary.1994, Robert Sokolowski, Eucharistic Presence: A Study in the Theology of Disclosure, page 28

Forms of preenact

third-person singular presentpreenacts
present participlepreenacting
past participlepreenacted
pastpreenacted
alternative formpre-enact

Origin of preenact

From pre- + enact.

Questions about preenact

What does preenact mean?
Preenact means to enact in advance.
What part of speech is preenact?
Preenact is a verb.
How do you pronounce preenact?
Preenact is pronounced /pɹi.ɛnækt/.
What is the past tense of preenact?
The past tense of preenact is preenacted.

Words near preenact in the dictionary

  1. preempts
  2. preems
  3. preen
  4. preen oil
  5. preen oils
  6. preenact
  7. preenacted
  8. preenacting
  9. preenaction
  10. preenactment
  11. preenactments

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