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preincorporate

preincorporate verb: to incorporate in advance.

Verb

preincorporate (third-person singular simple present preincorporates, present participle preincorporating, simple past and past participle preincorporated)

  1. (transitive) To incorporate in advance.
    • We did have some success with uracil when we would preincorporate the uracil into a mutant of E. coli that had a uracil requirement and then feed this cellular content from E. coli.2013, W. C. Corning, Stanley C. Ratner, Chemistry of Learning: Invertebrate Research, page 191

Forms of preincorporate

third-person singular presentpreincorporates
present participlepreincorporating
past participlepreincorporated
pastpreincorporated

Origin of preincorporate

From pre- + incorporate.

Questions about preincorporate

What does preincorporate mean?
Preincorporate means to incorporate in advance.
What part of speech is preincorporate?
Preincorporate is a verb.
What is the past tense of preincorporate?
The past tense of preincorporate is preincorporated.

Words near preincorporate in the dictionary

  1. preinclude
  2. preincluded
  3. preincludes
  4. preincluding
  5. preinclusion
  6. preincorporate
  7. preincorporated
  8. preincorporates
  9. preincorporating
  10. preincorporation
  11. preincubate

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