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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: predispose - preexist</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="predispose"> predispose, transitive verb, -posed, -posing.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to give an inclination or tendency to; make liable or susceptible. Ex. A cold predisposes a person to other diseases. <DD> 2. to put into a favorable or suitable frame of mind or emotional condition. Ex. He is predisposed to be generous to his friends. <DD> 3. to dispose of, give away, or bequeath before the usual or specified time. </DL> <A NAME="predisposition"> predisposition, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a being predisposed; previous inclination or tendency; liability or susceptibility. Ex. a predisposition to look on the dark side of things, a predisposition to colds. </DL> <A NAME="prednisolone"> prednisolone, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a powerful steroid hormone, used in treating arthritis, inflammatory diseases, asthma, and certain allergies; metacortandralone. It does not upset the water balance of the body and has fewer unpleasant side effects than cortisone. </DL> <A NAME="prednisone"> prednisone, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a drug very similar to prednisolone, usually administered orally; metacortandracin. </DL> <A NAME="predominance"> predominance, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the state or quality of being predominant; prevalence. Ex. the predominance of weeds in the deserted garden. <DD> 2. (Astrology.) superior influence; ascendancy. </DL> <A NAME="predominancy"> predominancy, noun. =predominance.</DL> <A NAME="predominant"> predominant, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. having more power, authority, or influence than others; superior. Ex. The United States became the predominant nation in the Western Hemisphere. (SYN) controlling, ruling. <DD> 2. most extensive; noticeable; prevailing. Ex. Green was the predominant color in the forest. adv. predominantly. </DL> <A NAME="predominate"> predominate, verb, -nated, -nating, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. to be greater in power, strength, influence, or numbers. Ex. Sunny days predominate over rainy days in desert regions. In this character of the Americans, a love of freedom is the predominating feature (Edmund Burke). Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating (O. Henry). Knowledge will always predominate over ignorance, as man governs the other animals (Samuel Johnson). <DD>v.t. to dominate; control. Ex. Let your close fire predominate his smoke (Shakespeare). <DD>adj. =predominant. adv. predominatingly. </DL> <A NAME="predomination"> predomination, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the fact or condition of predominating; superior power or influence; prevalence. Ex. You would not trust to the predomination of right, which, you believe, is in your opinions (Samuel Johnson). </DL> <A NAME="predominator"> predominator, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that predominates. </DL> <A NAME="predynastic"> predynastic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> existing before the recognized dynasties, especially of Egypt before 3100 B.C. </DL> <A NAME="pree"> pree, verb, preed, preeing, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) <DD>v.t. to make proof or trial of, especially by tasting. <DD>noun a trial; taste. expr. pree the mouth of, to kiss. Ex. He had no thought o' preeing lasses' mouths now (James M. Barrie). </DL> <A NAME="preecho"> pre-echo, noun, pl. -echoes, verb, -echoed, -echoing.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. an echo heard on a phonograph record before hearing the sound that causes it, due to a defect in the record. Ex. A new and exciting Leinsdorf is marred by pre-echo (Atlantic). <DD> 2. a foreshadowing. <DD>v.t. to show or hint at before hand; prefigure; foreshadow. Ex. Fittingly, the disturbance pre-echoed a scene in the play (Time). One after another his familiar devices are pre-echoed--the cello obbligato, the divided cellos, the flutter of the woodwind (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="preelect"> preelect or pre-elect, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to elect or choose beforehand. </DL> <A NAME="preelection"> preelection or pre-election, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun an anticipatory election; previous choice. <DD>adj. before an election. Ex. a preelection campaign. </DL> <A NAME="preemergence"> preemergence or pre-emergence, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> before emerging or appearing. Ex. A preemergence herbicide kills weeds before the plants push up through the soil. </DL> <A NAME="preemergent"> preemergent or pre-emergent, adjective. =preemergence.</DL> <A NAME="preemie"> preemie, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a premature baby. Ex. To examine the eyes of these very small "preemies," the doctors must use special techniques (Newsweek). <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, premie. </DL> </DL> <A NAME="preeminence"> preeminence or pre-eminence, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a being outstanding or preeminent; superiority; excellence. Ex. the preeminence of Edison among the inventors of his day. </DL> <A NAME="preeminent"> preeminent or pre-eminent, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> standing out above all others; superior to others. adv. preeminently, pre-eminently. </DL> <A NAME="preempt"> preempt or pre-empt, verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to secure before someone else can; acquire or take possession of beforehand. Ex. The cat had preempted the comfortable chair. When Istanbul's mayor raised a feeble protest, the Premier, it was said, suggested he take a long vacation and promptly pre-empted his office (Time). <DD> 2. to take over; displace. Ex. Our policy permits candidates to preempt regular programs (Robert E. Kintner). Lots of Americans don't like ... when a special news show preempts the time of a popular evening program (Harper's). <DD> 3. (U.S. and Canada.) to settle on (land) with the right to buy it before others. Ex. He preempted the land by occupying it. <DD> 4. (Cards.) to shut out (other bids) by making an opening bid at a high level. <DD>v.i. 1. to preempt, as a thing or place. <DD> 2. (Cards.) to bid at a high level to prevent one's opponents from bidding or exchanging informational bids, or to keep one's partner from changing the declaration, especially at whist or bridge. <DD>noun (Cards.) the act or practice of preempting. Ex. It is amazing how often pre-empts induce the most cautious bidders to make risky bids (Manchester Guardian Weekly). noun preempter, pre-empter. </DL> <A NAME="preemption"> preemption or pre-emption, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (U.S. and Canada.) the act or right of purchasing before others or in preference to others. Ex. It is neither right nor legal that Mr. Hardy's preemption should gobble up over 250 acres of hay lands (Regina Journal). <DD> 2. the act of seizing or taking possession beforehand; appropriation before others. Ex. ... Federal preemption of the avocado problem (New York Times). <DD> 3. the act or fact of displacing; replacement. Ex. Sale of network time to candidates involves pre-emption of better paying advertisers (Frank Stanton). </DL> <A NAME="preemptive"> preemptive or pre-emptive, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or having to do with preemption. Ex. preemptive purchase of land. <DD> 2. initiated before other launched beforehand. Ex. a preemptive war. The preemptive strike ... would be a last-minute desperate attempt to destroy as much as possible of an enemy's forces because we were convinced that he was about to attack us (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists). <DD> 3. (Finance.) allowing stockholders to have first choice of purchasing newly issued stock of a company. Ex. They also defeated shareholder proposals for ... pre-emptive rights on new financing (Wall Street Journal). <DD> 4. (Cards.) of or for preempting. Ex. a preemptive bid. adv. preemptively, pre-emptively. </DL> <A NAME="preemptor"> preemptor or pre-emptor, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who preempts, especially one who takes up land with the privilege of preemption. </DL> <A NAME="preemptory"> preemptory or pre-emptory, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> preemptive. </DL> <A NAME="preen"> preen (1), transitive verb, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to smooth or arrange (the feathers) with the beak, as a bird does. Ex. Past the Ryemeadow's lonely woodland nook Where many a stubble gray goose preens her wing (John Masefield). <DD> 2. to dress (oneself) carefully; primp. <DD> 3. to pride or please (oneself). Ex. Prince, we may preen ourselves on gain, but is there not some tinge of loss? (New Yorker). noun preener. </DL> <A NAME="preen"> preen (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) a pin; brooch. </DL> <A NAME="preengland"> preen gland,<DL COMPACT><DD> the uropygial gland. Ex. Most birds have a pair of preen glands over the tail ... that secretes a preening ointment (Scientific American). </DL> <A NAME="preenglish"> pre-English, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun the ancient continental West Germanic dialect which later became English. <DD>adj. 1. having to do with this dialect. <DD> 2. of or having to do with Britain or its peoples or languages before the Anglo-Saxon conquest. </DL> <A NAME="preexilian"> preexilian or pre-exilian, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. before the Babylonian Captivity or Exile of the Jews; before 586 B.C. <DD> 2. before exile. </DL> <A NAME="preexilic"> preexilic or pre-exilic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> preexilian. </DL> <A NAME="preexist"> preexist or pre-exist, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to exist before hand, or before something else. <DD>v.t. to exist before (something). </DL> <A NAME="preexistence"> preexistence or pre-existence, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> previous existence, especially of the soul before its union with the body. </DL> <A NAME="preexistent"> preexistent or pre-existent, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> existing previously. </DL> <A HREF="pref.dic">NEXT</A>