English

Verb

preappoint ‎(third-person singular simple present preappoints, present participle preappointing, simple past and past participle preappointed)

1. (transitive) To appoint beforehand.
   • 1839 Thomas Carlyle, from letter quoted in Thomas Carlyle; a History of the First Forty Years of His Life by James Anthony Froude

     I am no man whom it is desirable to be too close to — an unhappy mortal — at least, with nerves that preappoint me to continual pain and loneliness.

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• preappointment