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Preempts
- noun - a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding
- 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"
Prefaces
- noun - a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
- 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"
Prefects
- noun - a chief officer or chief magistrate; "the prefect of Paris police"
Prefixes
- noun - an affix that is added in front of the word
- attach a prefix to; "prefixed words"
Preforms
- verb - form into a shape resembling the final, desired one
- form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand
Preheats
- verb - heat beforehand; "Preheat the oven!"
Prehends
- 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"
Prelates
- noun - a senior clergyman and dignitary
Preludes
- noun - music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera
- play as a prelude
- serve as a prelude or opening to
- something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner"