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Preheating
- verb - heat beforehand; "Preheat the oven!"
Prehending
- 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"
Prejudging
- verb - judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence
Premiering
- verb - be performed for the first time; "We premiered the opera of the young composer and it was a critical success"
- perform a work for the first time
Premissing
- verb - take something as preexisting and given
Preordains
- verb - foreordain or determine beforehand
Presenting
- verb - bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"
- cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community"
- deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students"
- formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc.
- give an exhibition of to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington"
- give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?"
- give, especially as an honor or reward; "bestow honors and prizes at graduation"
- hand over formally
- introduce; "This poses an interesting question"
- perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'"
- present somebody with someth
Preserving
- verb - keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not keep up the building"; "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts"
- keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"
- keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing; "preserve the forest and the lakes"
- maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger; "May God keep you"
- prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh"
- to keep up and reserve for personal or special use;
Pressuring
- verb - exert pressure on someone through threats
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"
Pretending
- verb - behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"
- make believe with the intent to deceive;
- put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King"
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress"
- state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"
- the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"