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prefile

prefile verb: to file in advance.

Verb

prefile (third-person singular simple present prefiles, present participle prefiling, simple past and past participle prefiled)

  1. (transitive) To file in advance.

Forms of prefile

third-person singular presentprefiles
present participleprefiling
past participleprefiled
pastprefiled

Origin of prefile

From pre- + file.

Questions about prefile

What does prefile mean?
Prefile means to file in advance.
What part of speech is prefile?
Prefile is a verb.
What is the past tense of prefile?
The past tense of prefile is prefiled.

Words near prefile in the dictionary

  1. prefigurements
  2. prefigures
  3. prefigureth
  4. prefiguring
  5. prefigurings
  6. prefile
  7. prefiled
  8. prefiles
  9. prefiling
  10. prefill
  11. prefilled

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