Pre-employ, prē-em-ploi′, v.t. to employ beforehand.
Pre-emption, prē-em′shun, n. act or right of purchasing before others.—v.t. Prē-empt′ (U.S.), to secure, as land, by the right of pre-emption.—adjs. Prē-empt′ible; Prē-empt′ive.—n. Prē-empt′or. [L. præ, before, emptio, a buying—emĕre, to buy.]
Preen, prēn, v.t. to compose and arrange as birds do their feathers. [Prune (v.).]
Preen, prēn, n. (Scot.) a pin.—v.t. to fasten. [A.S. preón, a pin.]
Pre-engage, prē-en-gāj′, v.t. to establish beforehand.—n. Prē-engage′ment.
Pre-establish, prē-es-tab′lish, v.t. to establish beforehand.—n. Prē-estab′lishment.—Pre-established harmony (see Harmony).
Preeve, prēv, n. and v.t. obs. form of proof and prove.
Pre-examination, prē-egz-am-i-nā′shun, n. previous examination.—v.t. Prē-exam′ine.
Pre-exilic, prē-eg-zil′ik, adj. before the exile—of O.T. writings prior to the Jewish exile (c. 586-537 B.C.).
Pre-exist, prē-egz-ist′, v.i. to exist beforehand.—n. Prē-exist′ence, the existence of the soul in a previous state, before the generation of the body with which it is united in this world.—adj. Prē-exist′ent, existent or existing beforehand.