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presentencing en · ADJ · 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 sentencing English presentencing From pre- + sentencing.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Occurring before sentencing.
    • Mr. Scrushy has been on presentencing release since a federal jury in Montgomery last year convicted him of bribing former Gov. Don Siegelman of Alabama. 2007 April 15, “Did Anyone Ask About a Yacht?”, in New York Times:

presentencing en · VERB · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of presentence
    form of presentence