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Precluded
- verb - debar
- keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"
- Leave out
- make impossible, especially beforehand
Precooked
- verb - cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long; "precook the rice"
- cooked partially or completely beforehand; "frozen precooked meals from the supermarket"
Precooled
- adjective - cooled in advance
Predicted
- verb - indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
- make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"
Preempted
- verb - acquire for oneself before others can do so
- gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land)
- make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge
- take the place of or have precedence over; "live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour"; "discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor"
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"
Prefixxed
- verb - attach a prefix to; "prefixed words"
Preformed
- verb - form into a shape resembling the final, desired one
- form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand
Preheated
- verb - heat beforehand; "Preheat the oven!"
Prehended
- verb - take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"