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Webster 1913 Edition


Preremote

Preˊre-mote

,
Adj.
More remote in previous time or prior order.
In some cases two more links of causation may be introduced; one of them may be termed the
preremote
cause, the other the postremote effect.
E. Darwin.

Webster 1828 Edition


Preremote

PREREMO'TE

,
Adj.
[pre and remote.] More remote in previous time or prior order.
In some cases, two more links of causation may be introduced; one of them may be termed the preremote cause, the other the postremote effect.

Definition 2024


preremote

preremote

English

Adjective

preremote

  1. More remote in previous time or prior order.

References

  • preremote in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913