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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

prelitter en · VERB

Etymology

From pre- + litter.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To litter in (a place) in advance.
    • When stores were prelittered with 140 marked handbills, the littering rate increased, but only to 5%. 2012, Thomas A. Heberlein, Navigating Environmental Attitudes, page 98:

Forms

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prelitters Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
prelittered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
prelittered Tense=Past lexicographic
prelittering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic