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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
An object that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The rough, incomplete and unused basic form of a stone tool.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
A word that is no longer in use, but has been reconstructed from current ones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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verb
To shape something before some other operation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Misspelling of perform.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, misspelling
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verb
form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
verb
form into a shape resembling the final, desired one
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh2- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh2i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English form English preform From pre- + form.
