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preperceive

preperceive verb: to perceive in advance.

Verb

preperceive (third-person singular simple present preperceives, present participle preperceiving, simple past and past participle preperceived)

  1. To perceive in advance.

Forms of preperceive

third-person singular presentpreperceives
present participlepreperceiving
past participlepreperceived
pastpreperceived

Origin of preperceive

From pre- + perceive.

Questions about preperceive

What does preperceive mean?
Preperceive means to perceive in advance.
What part of speech is preperceive?
Preperceive is a verb.
What is the past tense of preperceive?
The past tense of preperceive is preperceived.

Words near preperceive in the dictionary

  1. prepensing
  2. prepensive
  3. prepenultimate
  4. prepeptide
  5. prepeptides
  6. preperceive
  7. preperceived
  8. preperceives
  9. preperceiving
  10. preperception
  11. preperceptions

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