He served a prenticeship who sets up shop.
Pope.
Pre*nun`ci*a"tion (?), n. [L. praenunciatio, fr. praenunciare to
announce beforehand. See Pre-, and Announce.] The act of announcing or
proclaiming beforehand. [Obs.]
Pre*nun"cious (?), a. [L. praenuncius.] Announcing beforehand;
presaging. [Obs.] Blount.
||Pre*ob`lon*ga"ta (?), n. [NL. See Pre-, and Oblongata.] (Anat.) The
||anterior part of the medulla oblongata. B. G. Wilder.
Pre`ob*tain" (?), v. t. To obtain beforehand.
Pre*oc"cu*pan*cy (?), n. [See Preoccupate.] The act or right of taking
possession before another; as, the preoccupancy of wild land.
Pre*oc"cu*pate (?), v. t. [L. praeoccupatus, p. p. of praeoccupare to
preoccupy. See Preoccupy.]
1. To anticipate; to take before. [Obs.] "Fear preoccupateth it
[death]." Bacon.