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presign

presign verb: to sign in advance.

Verb

presign (third-person singular simple present presigns, present participle presigning, simple past and past participle presigned)

  1. (transitive) To sign in advance.
    • According to anecdotal reports, one parent even wanted to presign consent forms so that the officers could return any time.1999, David I. Sheppard, Shay Bilchik, Promising Strategies to Reduce Gun Violence: Report, page 89

Forms of presign

third-person singular presentpresigns
present participlepresigning
past participlepresigned
pastpresigned

Origin of presign

From pre- + sign.

Questions about presign

What does presign mean?
Presign means to sign in advance.
What part of speech is presign?
Presign is a verb.
What is the past tense of presign?
The past tense of presign is presigned.

Words near presign in the dictionary

  1. presidiums
  2. presift
  3. presifted
  4. presifting
  5. presifts
  6. presign
  7. presignal
  8. presignals
  9. presignature
  10. presignatures
  11. presigned

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