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preappoint

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To appoint beforehand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • 1839 Thomas Carlyle, from letter quoted in Thomas Carlyle; a History of the First Forty Years of His Life by James Anthony Froude I am no man whom it is desirable to be too close to — an unhappy mortal — at least, with nerves that preappoint me to continual pain and loneliness.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From pre- + appoint.