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preinclude en · VERB

Etymology

From pre- + include.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To include beforehand.
    • November 10 1713, Samuel Clarke, letter to Joseph Butler [T]here cannot possibly be any notion of existence at all, but what shall necessarily preinclude the notion of that which has necessary existence.

Forms

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preincludes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
preincluded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
preincluded Tense=Past lexicographic
preincluding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic