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Webster 1913 Edition

Preform

Pre-form′

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
praeformare
. See
Pre-
, and
Form
.]
To form beforehand, or for special ends.
“Their natures and preformed faculties. ”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Preform

PREFORM'

,
Verb.
T.
[pre and form.] To form beforehand.

Definition 2024

preform

preform

English

Noun

preform ‎(plural preforms)

  1. An object that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form.
  2. (archaeology) The rough, incomplete and unused basic form of a stone tool.
  3. (linguistics) A word that is no longer in use, but has been reconstructed from current ones.

Verb

preform ‎(third-person singular simple present preforms, present participle preforming, simple past and past participle preformed)

  1. To shape something before some other operation.
  2. Misspelling of perform.

Anagrams

Etymology

From pre- +‎ form.

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