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prefines

prefines is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 prefines

What is prefines the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Prefines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of prefine.

Words near prefines in the dictionary

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

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