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pretypifying

pretypifying is the present participle and gerund of pretypify.

Meaning of pretypify

Verb

pretypify (third-person singular simple present pretypifies, present participle pretypifying, simple past and past participle pretypified)

  1. To prefigure; to exhibit previously in a type.
    • That the promised Messias was to sit at the right hand of God , was both pretypified and foretold1659, John Pearson, Exposition of the Creed

Questions about pretypifying

What is pretypifying the present participle and gerund of?
Pretypifying is the present participle and gerund of pretypify.

Words near pretypifying in the dictionary

  1. pretypes
  2. pretyphoid
  3. pretypified
  4. pretypifies
  5. pretypify
  6. pretypifying
  7. pretyping
  8. pretypographical
  9. pretyrannical
  10. pretyrosine
  11. pretzel

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