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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

preconform en · VERB

Etymology

From pre- + conform.

Meanings

  1. To conform by way of anticipation.
    • [T]he passions […] are such passions as could not have existed under Paganism, in some respects they condescend and pre-conform to the stage. 1847 February, Thomas De Quincey, “Notes on Walter Savage Landor”, in Leaders in Literature with a Notice of Traditional Errors Affecting Them (De Quincey’s Works; IX), London: James Hogg & Sons, →OCLC, page 327:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
preconforming Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
preconforms Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
preconformed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
preconformed Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

preconformity