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preimpose

preimpose verb: to impose ahead of time.

Verb

preimpose (third-person singular simple present preimposes, present participle preimposing, simple past and past participle preimposed)

  1. To impose ahead of time.
    • Indeed, the application of such procedures to raw data to produce dose-response curves tor examination and extrapolation tends to preimpose linearity.1980, Disposal of Low-level Radioactive Biomedical Wastes, page 25
    • It furthermore confirms, as James A. Davies has shown, that when drawn to contemporaries, Forster did not preimpose ideas upon his material as he did with those of the past, but presented 'honest revelation' bordering on explicitness.1986, Ira B. Nadel, Biography: Fiction, Fact and Form, →ISBN, page 85

Forms of preimpose

third-person singular presentpreimposes
present participlepreimposing
past participlepreimposed
pastpreimposed

Origin of preimpose

From pre- + impose.

Questions about preimpose

What does preimpose mean?
Preimpose means to impose ahead of time.
What part of speech is preimpose?
Preimpose is a verb.
What is the past tense of preimpose?
The past tense of preimpose is preimposed.

Words near preimpose in the dictionary

  1. preimplant
  2. preimplantation
  3. preimplantational
  4. preimplanted
  5. preimplementation
  6. preimpose
  7. preimposed
  8. preimposes
  9. preimposing
  10. preimposition
  11. preimpregnated

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