Pre`ar*range" (?), v. t. To arrange beforehand.
Prease (?), v. t. & i. To press; to crowd. [Obs.] -- n. A press; a
crowd. [Obs.] Spenser.
Pre`as*sur"ance (?), n. Previous assurance. Coleridge.
Pre`a*tax"ic (?), a. (Med.) Occurring before the symptom ataxia has
developed; -- applied to the early symptoms of locomotor ataxia.
Pre*au"di*ence (?), n. (Eng. Law) Precedence of rank at the bar among
lawyers. Blackstone.
Pre*ax"i*al (?), a. (Anat.) Situated in front of any transverse axis in
the body of an animal; anterior; cephalic; esp., in front, or on the
anterior, or cephalic (that is, radial or tibial) side of the axis of a
limb.
Preb"end (prb"nd), n. [F. prÈbende (cf. It. & Sp. prebenda), from L.
praebenda, from L. praebere to hold forth, afford, contr. fr.
praehibere; prae before + habere to have, hold. See Habit, and cf.
Provender.] 1. A payment or stipend; esp., the stipend or maintenance
granted to a prebendary out of the estate of a cathedral or collegiate
church with which he is connected. See Note under Benefice.