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prestate

prestate adjective: prior to status as a state.

Adjective

prestate (not comparable)

  1. Prior to status as a state.
  2. More primitive than a state.

Noun

prestate (plural prestates)

  1. The state that exists before an operation.

Verb

prestate (third-person singular simple present prestates, present participle prestating, simple past and past participle prestated)

  1. (transitive, otherwise archaic) To assume responsibility for, undertake.
  2. (transitive, otherwise archaic) To indemnify, guarantee, secure (against loss or legal liability).
  3. (transitive, otherwise archaic) To vouch for, support.

Forms of prestate

Noun
pluralprestates
Verb
third-person singular presentprestates
present participleprestating
past participleprestated
pastprestated

Origin of prestate

From pre- + state.

From Latin praestatus, from Latin praestō (“to provide, show, vouch for”). Compare also prest, imprest, prestation, prestable.

Questions about prestate

What does prestate mean?
Prestate means prior to status as a state.
What part of speech is prestate?
Prestate can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.

Words near prestate in the dictionary

  1. prestart
  2. prestarts
  3. prestarvation
  4. prestarved
  5. Prestas
  6. prestate
  7. prestates
  8. prestation
  9. prestatistical
  10. Prestatyn
  11. Prestbury

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