Pre`com*pose" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Precomposed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Precomposing.] To compose beforehand. Johnson.
Pre`con*ceit" (?), n. An opinion or notion formed beforehand; a
preconception. Hooker.
Pre`con*ceive" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preconceived (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Preconceiving.] To conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to
form a previous notion or idea of.
In a dead plain the way seemeth the longer, because the eye hath
preconceived it shorter than the truth.
Bacon.
Pre`con*cep"tion (?), n. The act of preconceiving; conception or
opinion previously formed.
Pre`con*cert" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preconcerted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Preconcerting.] To concert or arrange beforehand; to settle by previous
agreement.
Pre*con"cert (?), n. Something concerted or arranged beforehand; a
previous agreement.
Pre`con*cert"ed (?), a. Previously arranged; agreed upon beforehand. --
Pre`con*cert"ed*ly, adv. -- Pre`con*cert"ed*ness, n.
Pre`con*cer"tion (?), n. The act of preconcerting; preconcert. Dr. T.
Dwight.
Pre`con*demn` (?), v. t. To condemn beforehand. -- Pre*con`dem*na"tion
(#), n.
Pre`con*di"tion (?), n. A previous or antecedent condition; a
preliminary condition.
Pre`con*form" (?), v. t. & i. To conform by way anticipation. De
Quincey.
Pre`con*form"i*ty (?), n. Anticipative or antecedent conformity.
Coleridge.
Pre*con"i*zate (?), v. t. [Cf. F. prÈconiser.] To proclaim; to publish;
also, to summon; to call. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.
Pre*con`i*za"tion (?), n. [L. praeconium a crying out in public, fr.
praeco, - onis, a crier, a herald: cf. F. prÈconisation.] 1. A
publishing by proclamation; a public proclamation. Bp. Hall.
2. (Eccl.) A formal approbation by the pope of a person nominated to an
ecclesiastical dignity. Addis & Arnold.
Pre"con*ize (?), v. t. (Eccl.) To approve by preconization.
Pre*con"quer (?), v. t. To conquer in anticipation. [R.] Fuller.
Pre*con""scious (?), a. Of or pertaining to a state before
consciousness.
Pre`con*sent" (?), n. A previous consent.
Pre`con*sign" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preconsigned (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Preconsigning.] To consign beforehand; to make a previous
consignment of.
Pre`con*sol"i*da`ted (?), a. Consolidated beforehand.
Pre*con"sti*tute (?), v. t. To constitute or establish beforehand.
Pre`con*tract" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Precontracted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Precontracting.] To contract, engage, or stipulate previously.
Pre`con*tract" (?), v. i. To make a previous contract or agreement.
Ayliffe.
Pre*con"tract (?), n. A contract preceding another; especially (Law), a
contract of marriage which, according to the ancient law, rendered void
a subsequent marriage solemnized in violation of it. Abbott.
Pre`con*trive" (?), v. t. & i. To contrive or plan beforehand.
Pre*cor"a*coid (?), n. (Anat.) The anterior part of the coracoid (often
closely united with the clavicle) in the shoulder girdle of many
reptiles and amphibians.
Pre*cor"di*al (?), a. [Pref. pre- + L. cor, cordis, heart: cf. F.
prÈcordial.] (Anat.) Situated in front of the heart; of or pertaining
to the prÊcordia.
Pre*cru"ral (?), a. (Anat.) Situated in front of the leg or thigh; as,
the precrural glands of the horse.
Pre*cur"rer (?), n. A precursor. [Obs.] Shak.
Pre*curse" (?), n. [L. praecursus.] A forerunning. [Obs.] Shak.
Pre*cur"sive (?), a. Preceding; introductory; precursory. "A deep
precursive sound." Coleridge.
Pre*cur"sor (?), n. [L. praecursor, fr. praecurrere to run before; prae
before + currere to run. See Course.] One who, or that which, precedes
an event, and indicates its approach; a forerunner; a harbinger.
Evil thoughts are the invisible, airy precursors of all the storms
and tempests of the soul.
Buckminster.
Syn. -- Predecessor; forerunner; harbinger; messenger; omen; sign.
Pre*cur"sor*ship, n. The position or condition of a precursor. Ruskin.
Pre*cur"so*ry (?), a. [L. praecursorius.] Preceding as a precursor or
harbinger; indicating something to follow; as, precursory symptoms of a
fever.