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preenacted

preenacted is the simple past and past participle of preenact.

Meaning of preenact

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

Questions about preenacted

What is preenacted the simple past and past participle of?
Preenacted is the simple past and past participle of preenact.

Words near preenacted in the dictionary

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

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