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prenominate en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English nominate English prenominate From pre- + nominate.

Meanings

  1. to name or mention ahead of time

Forms

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prenominating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
prenominated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
prenominated Tense=Past lexicographic
prenominates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

prenominate en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

From Latin praenominatus, past participle of praenominare (“to give the prenomen to, to prenominate”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, obsolete) aforementioned
    • Having ever seen in the prenominate crimes c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], line 42: