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prelitter

prelitter verb: to litter in (a place) in advance.

Verb

prelitter (third-person singular simple present prelitters, present participle prelittering, simple past and past participle prelittered)

  1. (transitive) To litter in (a place) in advance.
    • When stores were prelittered with 140 marked handbills, the littering rate increased, but only to 5%.2012, Thomas A. Heberlein, Navigating Environmental Attitudes, page 98

Forms of prelitter

third-person singular presentprelitters
present participleprelittering
past participleprelittered
pastprelittered

Origin of prelitter

From pre- + litter.

Questions about prelitter

What does prelitter mean?
Prelitter means to litter in (a place) in advance.
What part of speech is prelitter?
Prelitter is a verb.
What is the past tense of prelitter?
The past tense of prelitter is prelittered.

Words near prelitter in the dictionary

  1. preliterary
  2. preliterate
  3. preliterates
  4. preliterature
  5. prelitigation
  6. prelitter
  7. prelittered
  8. prelittering
  9. prelitters
  10. prelive
  11. prelived

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