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Preemptor
- noun - a bidder in bridge who makes a preemptive bid
- someone who acquires land by preemption
Preengage
- - To engage by previous contract; to bind or attach previously; to preoccupy.
Preexists
- verb - exist beforehand or prior to a certain point in time; "Did this condition pre-exist?"
Prefacing
- verb - furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
Prefatory
- adjective - serving as an introduction or preface
Preferent
- adjective - preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child"
Preferred
- verb - give preference to one creditor over another
- like better; value more highly; "Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels"; "We prefer sleeping outside"
- more desirable than another; "coffee is preferable to tea"; "Danny's preferred name is `Dan'"
- preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child"
- promote over another; "he favors his second daughter"
- select as an alternative over another; "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast"
Prefident
- - Trusting beforehand; hence, overconfident.
Prefigure
- verb - imagine or consider beforehand; "It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured"
- indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"