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prelegislative

prelegislative adjective: prior to the introduction of legislation.

Adjective

prelegislative (not comparable)

  1. Prior to the introduction of legislation.

Origin of prelegislative

From pre- + legislative.

Questions about prelegislative

What does prelegislative mean?
Prelegislative means prior to the introduction of legislation.
What part of speech is prelegislative?
Prelegislative is an adjective.

Words near prelegislative in the dictionary

  1. prelegatees
  2. prelegates
  3. prelegating
  4. prelegendary
  5. prelegislation
  6. prelegislative
  7. preleptocephali
  8. preleptocephalus
  9. preleptotene
  10. preleptotenes
  11. prelesion

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