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prestraighten

prestraighten verb: to straighten in advance.

Verb

prestraighten (third-person singular simple present prestraightens, present participle prestraightening, simple past and past participle prestraightened)

  1. (transitive) To straighten in advance.

Forms of prestraighten

third-person singular presentprestraightens
present participleprestraightening
past participleprestraightened
pastprestraightened

Origin of prestraighten

From pre- + straighten.

Questions about prestraighten

What does prestraighten mean?
Prestraighten means to straighten in advance.
What part of speech is prestraighten?
Prestraighten is a verb.
What is the past tense of prestraighten?
The past tense of prestraighten is prestraightened.

Words near prestraighten in the dictionary

  1. prestored
  2. prestorm
  3. Prestos
  4. prestosuchid
  5. prestosuchids
  6. prestraighten
  7. prestraightened
  8. prestraightening
  9. prestraightens
  10. prestrained
  11. prestrategic

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