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presoftening

presoftening is the present participle of presoften.

Meaning of presoften

Verb

presoften (third-person singular simple present presoftens, present participle presoftening, simple past and past participle presoftened)

  1. (transitive) To soften something in advance or prior to another operation.

Noun

presoftening (uncountable)

  1. A process involving something that is presoftened.

Questions about presoftening

What does presoftening mean?
Presoftening means a process involving something that is presoftened.
What is presoftening the present participle of?
Presoftening is the present participle of presoften.
What part of speech is presoftening?
Presoftening is a noun.

Words near presoftening in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: presoftening (page history and authors); presoften (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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