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prefined

prefined is the simple past and past participle of prefine.

Meaning of prefine

Verb

prefine (third-person singular simple present prefines, present participle prefining, simple past and past participle prefined)

  1. (obsolete) To limit beforehand.
    • prefining unto itself no other limits than the uttermost bounds of the earth1610, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes

Questions about prefined

What is prefined the simple past and past participle of?
Prefined is the simple past and past participle of prefine.

Words near prefined in the dictionary

  1. prefinances
  2. prefinancial
  3. prefinancing
  4. prefinancings
  5. prefine
  6. prefined
  7. prefines
  8. prefining
  9. prefinish
  10. prefinished
  11. prefinishes

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