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pretreat

pretreat verb: to give something a treatment prior to another operation.

Verb

pretreat (third-person singular simple present pretreats, present participle pretreating, simple past and past participle pretreated)

  1. (transitive) To give something a treatment prior to another operation.

Forms of pretreat

third-person singular presentpretreats
present participlepretreating
past participlepretreated
pastpretreated

Origin of pretreat

From pre- + treat.

Questions about pretreat

What does pretreat mean?
Pretreat means to give something a treatment prior to another operation.
What part of speech is pretreat?
Pretreat is a verb.
What is the past tense of pretreat?
The past tense of pretreat is pretreated.

Words near pretreat in the dictionary

  1. pretransport
  2. pretransportation
  3. pretransverse
  4. pretraumatic
  5. pretravel
  6. pretreat
  7. pretreatable
  8. pretreated
  9. pretreating
  10. pretreatment
  11. pretreatments

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