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prefit

prefit verb: to fit in advance.

Verb

prefit (third-person singular simple present prefits, present participle prefitting, simple past and past participle prefitted or prefit)

  1. (transitive) To fit in advance.
    • Be sure to prefit all polished and deburred shift rails in the case.2010, Paul Cangialosi, How to Rebuild and Modify High-Performance Manual Transmissions, page 115

Forms of prefit

third-person singular presentprefits
present participleprefitting
past participleprefitted
pastprefitted
past participleprefit
pastprefit

Origin of prefit

From pre- + fit.

Questions about prefit

What does prefit mean?
Prefit means to fit in advance.
What part of speech is prefit?
Prefit is a verb.
What is the past tense of prefit?
The past tense of prefit is prefitted.

Words near prefit in the dictionary

  1. prefinitions
  2. prefire
  3. prefired
  4. prefires
  5. prefiring
  6. prefit
  7. prefits
  8. prefitted
  9. prefitting
  10. prefix
  11. prefix code

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