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premoves

premoves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of premove.

Meaning of premove

Verb

premove (third-person singular simple present premoves, present participle premoving, simple past and past participle premoved)

  1. (Internet) To make a premove.
    • Game 18 was another up-and-down affair. First, Esipenko dropped a full rook, which went unpunished as Sarana had probably premoved his reply.2019 June 12, Peter Doggers, “Junior Speed Chess: Sarana Beats Esipenko”, in Chess.com, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2022
  2. (rare) To incite or cause someone to do something.
    • Let it be assumed, then, that God does premove earthly phenomena, and let the further very obvious supposition be also made that He does not desire this premovement to be a visible and palpable fact.1867, William George Ward, Essays on the Philosophy of Theism: Supplementary remarks on freewill, volume 2, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co., published 1884, page 187
  3. (obsolete) To promote or endorse.
    • The succeſs that the Presbyterians had in the late troubles againſt the King and his adherents, were undeniable Signs of God's Favour to that party; to follow and premove their Succeſs, was to follow Providence, […]1703, James Webster, The Exact Conformity of the Principles & Practices of the Scots Non-conformiſts to the Apoſtolick Government of the Chriſtian Church, page 4

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What is premoves the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Premoves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of premove.

Words near premoves in the dictionary

  1. premounts
  2. premouse
  3. premove
  4. premoved
  5. premovement
  6. premoves
  7. premoving
  8. prems
  9. Premuda
  10. premultiplication
  11. premultiplications

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