Prensation
(Pren*sa"tion) n. [L. prensatio, from prensare, prehensare, v. freq. from prehendere to
seize.] The act of seizing with violence. [Obs.] Barrow .
Prentice
(Pren"tice) n. [Aphetic form of apprentice.] An apprentice. [Obs. or Colloq.] Piers Plowman.
"My accuser is my prentice." Shak.
Prenticehood
(Pren"tice*hood) n. Apprenticehood. [Obs.]
This jolly prentice with his master bode
Till he was out nigh of his prenticehood.
Chaucer. Prenticeship
(Pren"tice*ship), n. Apprenticeship. [Obs. or Colloq.]
He served a prenticeship who sets up shop.
Pope. Prenunciation
(Pre*nun`ci*a"tion) n. [L. praenunciatio, fr. praenunciare to announce beforehand. See
Pre-, and Announce.] The act of announcing or proclaiming beforehand. [Obs.]
Prenuncious
(Pre*nun"cious) a. [L. praenuncius.] Announcing beforehand; presaging. [Obs.] Blount.
Preoblongata
(||Pre*ob`lon*ga"ta) n. [NL. See Pre-, and Oblongata.] (Anat.) The anterior part of the
medulla oblongata. B. G. Wilder.
Preobtain
(Pre`ob*tain") v. t. To obtain beforehand.
Preoccupancy
(Pre*oc"cu*pan*cy) n. [See Preoccupate.] The act or right of taking possession before
another; as, the preoccupancy of wild land.
Preoccupate
(Pre*oc"cu*pate) v. t. [L. praeoccupatus, p. p. of praeoccupare to preoccupy. See Preoccupy.]
1. To anticipate; to take before. [Obs.] "Fear preoccupateth it [death]." Bacon.
2. To prepossess; to prejudice. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
Preoccupation
(Pre*oc`cu*pa"tion) n. [L. praeoccupatio: cf. F. préoccupation.]
1. The act of preoccupying, or taking possession of beforehand; the state of being preoccupied; prepossession.
2. Anticipation of objections. [R.] South.
Preoccupy
(Pre*oc"cu*py) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preoccupied (-pid); p. pr. & vb. n. Preoccupying ] [Cf.
F. préoccuper. See Preoccupate, Occupy.]
1. To take possession of before another; as, to preoccupy a country not before held.
2. To prepossess; to engage, occupy, or engross the attention of, beforehand; hence, to prejudice.
I Think it more respectful to the reader to leave something to reflections than to preoccupy his judgment.
Arbuthnot. Preocular
(Pre*oc"u*lar) a. (Zoöl.) Placed just in front of the eyes, as the antennæ of certain insects. —
n. One of the scales just in front of the eye of a reptile or fish.
Preominate
(Pre*om"i*nate) v. t. To ominate beforehand; to portend. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Preopercular
(Pre`o*per"cu*lar) a. (Anat.) Situated in front of the operculum; pertaining to the preoperculum.
— n. The preoperculum.
