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preenacting

preenacting is the present participle and gerund 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 preenacting

What is preenacting the present participle and gerund of?
Preenacting is the present participle and gerund of preenact.

Words near preenacting in the dictionary

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

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