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presoftened

presoftened adjective: softened in advance. Also the simple past and past participle of presoften.

Adjective

presoftened (not comparable)

  1. Softened in advance.
    • Alternately, if you prefer chain-store shopping to drugs or peace, there is a presoftened T-shirt that says merely SOHO, in a distressed font.2009 May 7, Cintra Wilson, “Is There a Setting for High Strung?”, in New York Times

Also used as

presoftened is also the simple past and past participle of presoften.

Origin of presoftened

From pre- + softened.

Questions about presoftened

What does presoftened mean?
Presoftened means softened in advance.
What part of speech is presoftened?
Presoftened is an adjective.

Words near presoftened in the dictionary

  1. presocialized
  2. presocietal
  3. Presocratic
  4. Presocratics
  5. presoften
  6. presoftened
  7. presoftening
  8. presoftens
  9. presolar
  10. presold
  11. presoldier

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