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prepaint

prepaint verb: to paint in advance.

Verb

prepaint (third-person singular simple present prepaints, present participle prepainting, simple past and past participle prepainted)

  1. To paint in advance.
    • Naturally, some forming operations will damage the prepainted finish […]1967, Charles A Harper, Handbook of plastics and elastomers

Forms of prepaint

third-person singular presentprepaints
present participleprepainting
past participleprepainted
pastprepainted

Origin of prepaint

From pre- + paint.

Questions about prepaint

What does prepaint mean?
Prepaint means to paint in advance.
What part of speech is prepaint?
Prepaint is a verb.
What is the past tense of prepaint?
The past tense of prepaint is prepainted.

Words near prepaint in the dictionary

  1. prepaging
  2. prepaid
  3. prepaids
  4. prepain
  5. prepainful
  6. prepaint
  7. prepainted
  8. prepainting
  9. prepaints
  10. prepalatal
  11. prepaleolithic

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