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preexamine

preexamine verb: to examine beforehand.

Verb

preexamine (third-person singular simple present preexamines, present participle preexamining, simple past and past participle preexamined)

  1. (transitive) To examine beforehand.

Forms of preexamine

third-person singular presentpreexamines
present participlepreexamining
past participlepreexamined
pastpreexamined
alternative formpre-examine

Origin of preexamine

From pre- + examine.

Questions about preexamine

What does preexamine mean?
Preexamine means to examine beforehand.
What part of speech is preexamine?
Preexamine is a verb.
What is the past tense of preexamine?
The past tense of preexamine is preexamined.

Words near preexamine in the dictionary

  1. preeved
  2. preeves
  3. preeving
  4. preexamination
  5. preexaminations
  6. preexamine
  7. preexamined
  8. preexamines
  9. preexamining
  10. preexapophysis
  11. preexchange

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