Defn: Serving as a prefix in a compound name. Sir T. Browne.
PRENOMINATE Pre*nom"i*nate a. Etym: [L. praenominatus, p. p. of praenominare to give the prenomen to, to prenominate, fr. praenomen prenomen.]
Defn: Forenamed; named beforehand. [R.] "Prenominate crimes." Shak.
PRENOMINATE
Pre*nom"i*nate, v. t.
Defn: To forename; to name beforehand; to tell by name beforehand.
Shak.
PRENOMINATION
Pre*nom`i*na*tion, n.
Defn: The act of prenominating; privilege of being named first. Sir
T. Browne.
PRENOSTIC Pre*nos"tic, n. Etym: [L. praenoscere to foreknow; prae before + noscere, notum, to know.]
Defn: A prognostic; an omen. [Obs.] Gower.
PRENOTE
Pre*note", v. t. Etym: [L. praenotare; prae before + notare to note.]