prenatally 
prenatally (pro-na'tal-i), ntlr. Before birtli. 
prender (jimi'drr), H. [< OF. prendre, a tak- 
ing (inf. used as noun), prop, take, < L. ;iv- 
d<-re, }irehcilere, take, seize : see prchend, r.] 
In law, the power or right of taking a thing be- 
fore it is offered. 
prenet, and v. An obsolete form of preen 1 . 
prenomen, n. Se 
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prenticehood (pren'tis-hud), i. [Formerly also 
lvntim-lmod; < ME. prcntixliood : < prentice + 
-hood.] Apprenticeship. 
This Jolly prentys with his maister bood, 
Til he were ny out of his prentuhood. 
Chaucer, Cook's Tale, 1. 36. 
I serv'd no pre ntitehood to any Rod. 
./. Beaumont, Psyche, ii. 43. 
nrsenomen. . 
(pre-nom'i-nal), n. prentice-of-lawt (pi 
' Of or pertain- ter. &e* apprentice, 
A ban-is- 
35SE, KS33+rOt<* peVtai- ^~ " apprcifa,. 3. &** 
KtothoprsBnomen; generic, as a name of an prenticeship (pren'tis-ship), . [Formerly also 
iimal which precedes its specific name. prcntM,p ; < prentice + -ship.] Apprentice- 
!< 
'% 
animal which precedes 
They deceived In the name of horse-radish, horse-mint, 
Mill rush, and many more ; conceiving therein some pre- 
nominal consideration. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iL 7. 
ship. 
While he [Moses] past his sacred Prentinhip 
(In Wilderness) of th' Hebrews Shepheardshtp. 
Splatter, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, li, The Lawe. 
given armour and horse to try his valour, having never 
your prentitaye f " 
Arcadl11 ' " L 
beforehand ; foretell. 
Thlnk'st thou to catch my life so pleasantly 
As bo prenominate in nice conjecture 
Where thou wilt hit me dead? 
Shot., T. and C iv. 5. 250. prenunciationt (pr e-nun- ? i-a'shon), . [< LL. 
prenominatet (pre-nom i-nat), a. [< L. prx- j,refniintiatio(n-), a prediction, < L. prientin- 
nominatus, pp. : see the verb.] Forenamed; tiare, pp. prsenuntiatus, announce beforehand, 
preoral 
To provide so tenderly by preoccupation as no spider 
may suck poison out of a rose. 
Proceeding! againtt darnel. (Latham.) 
As If, by way of preoccupation, he should have said : well, 
here yon see your commission, this 1< your duty. SovUt. 
3. The state of being preoccupied ; prior en- 
grossment or absorption. 
Preoccupation of mind Is unfavourable to attention. 
./. Sully, Outlines of I'sycboL, p. 88. 
preoccupied (pre-ol 
1. Occupied previc 
in thought; meditative; abstracted. 
It la the beautiful preoccupied type of face which we 
find In his pictures that our modem Pre-Kaphaelites re- 
produce, with their own modifications. 
B. Jama, Jr., Trans. Sketches, p. 277. 
2. In tool, and hot., alreadv used as a name for 
a genus, species, etc., and therefore, by the laws 
of priority, rejected for any other genus, spe- 
cies, etc., to which it has been applied. =Byn. L 
JnaUentive, Abstracted, etc. See ataent. 
see the verb.] 
foretold; aforesaid. 
Having ever seen in the predominate crimes 
The youth you breathe of guilty, be assured 
He closes with you in this consequence. 
before been In any combat worthy remembrance. " Ah," preOCCUpy (pre-ok'u-pi), f. t. ; pret. and pp. pre- 
said Phalantus, in a rage, "and must I be the_exerctae_of occupied, ppr. preoccupying. [= F. preoccuper 
= 8p. preocupar = Pg. preoccvpar = It. preoc- 
cupare, < L. prteoccvpare, seize or occupy be- 
forehand, <.prx, before, + occupare, seize, take 
possession of : see occupy.] 1. To occupy be- 
prenominationt (pre 
as if *prieiioHiinatio( 
in the first place or in advance, etc. : see prc 
foretell, < prte, before, + nuntiare, announce, fore others ; take possession of or appropriate 
< nuntius, one who brings news, a messenger: for use in advance of others. 
we nuncio.] The act of telling before. Bailey. ^h e tailor's wife ... was wont to be preoccupied in all 
' B. B. Jonton, New Inn, Arg. 
the author . . . shows that the 
iubly preoccupied in insects, must 
Science, III. 325. 
2. To fill beforehand; cause to be occupied 
luvauce.etc.: see 7 ,,, forehand; presaging. Blount. 2. To fill 
nominate.] The state or privilege of being renziet ' a * A ff u bfoug WO rd in the following previously. 
m before others. 
named before others. 
Moreover, If we concede that the animals of one element 
might bear the names of those in the other, yet in strict 
reason the watery productions should have the prenami- 
nation. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iii. 24. 
prenominical, praenominical (pre-no-min'i- 
kal),a. [(.pr&numrn (-noniin-) + -ic-al.] Same 
as prenominal. 
prenostict, . An obsolete form of prognostic. 
(lower. 
prenotet (pre-not 
or note before 
S>assage, probably an original error. Some con- 
ecture it to be an error for princelie ( princely) or for priest- 
if ( priestly). Others conjecture Scotch primae, prim, de- 
mure ; but the existence of this word in Shakspere's time 
is not established, nor is it explained how Shakspere should 
come to use a colloquial Scotch diminutive term in this 
one place. 
Claud. The premie Angelo ! 
Juab. O, 'tis the cunning livery of hell. 
The damned'st body to invest and cover 
In premie guards ! Shalt., M. for M., 111. 1. 94. 
pret. and pp. pre- 
+ oblige.] To 
: by a previous obligat' 
Nor was he pre-oMiypd by any kindness or benefit from 
ng. TiUotton. (Latham.) 
And this blind Ignorance of that age, thus ahoue pre- preobtain (pre-ob-tan'), r. t. and i. [<.pre- + 
noted, was the cause whie these kings builded so manic ( ,^ (|H -i rp o o^'jujn beforehand. Kmart. 
monft8tcri<'s vintti BOUOUB SIIIHTSIIIIOII. . * .. _ _ . . ,. , ., r , _ 
Foxe, Martyrs, p. 120, an. 764. preOCClpltal (pre-ok-sip ijtal), a. [< pre--- oc- preffiSOphageal, a. 
prenotion (pre- 
= Sp. prcnociim = 
< L. prienotio(>i-] 
cere, pp. prxnotux, learn or know beforehand, 
< prte, before, 4- noscere, come to know: see 
t'), r. t. [< L.prttHOtare, mark pre oblige (pre-o-blij'), r. /. ; pret. 
or beforehand, < prie, before, nH U(,e(l, ppr. pr'eoblioino, [< pre- 
, designate: see note], r.] To bind by a previous obligation. 
If field with corn ye fail preoccupy, 
Darnel for wheat and thistle beards for grain . . . 
Will grow apace in combination prompt. 
Browning, Ring and Book, II. 1M. 
3. To occupy or engage the attention of be- 
forehand; engross in advance of others; pre- 
possess; preengage. 
Your minds, 
Pre-occupicd with what you rather must do 
Than what you should, made you against the grain 
To voice him consul. Shot., Cor., II. a 240. 
notfire, mark 
note beforehand ; designate or mention previ- 
ously. 
r , T 
"l. * 
ated before the eye: specifically applied in 
herpetology to certain plates of the head Pre- 
ocular antehnse, antenna; inserted on the genie, close to 
the anterior borders of the eyes, as in many Coleoptera. 
H. . A preocular plate. 
See prcesoplitif/rnl. 
Preconception; anticipation; a gen- 
eralization from slight experience. 
She had some prenotion or anticipation of them. 
Dp. Berkeley, Slris, | 314. 
poral lobe) Preocdpltal fissure or notch, a notch tered Babylon, they were thought to preominate his death. 
on the lower external surfaceofthe cerebrum, marking the Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., v. *. 
ciipancy of unoccupied land. 
The pre-occupancy of the soil (prairies) by herbaceous 
vegetation, preventing or retarding the effective germina- 
tion of the seeds of trees. Science, III. 442. 
2. The right of taking possession before others : 
as, to have the preoccupancy of land by right of 
preomosternum _ . .... 
preomosterna (-na). [NL., < L. prte, before, + 
NL. omosternum,"q. v.] An anterior omoster- 
num. 
n. 
cnpatus,pp. of prieocciipare, seize or occupy be- 
forehand: see preoccupy.] To take possession 
of before others ; preoccupy; seize in advance. 
Many worthy offices and places of high regarde in that 
vocation (the law) are now prc-occupated and usurped by 
ungentle and base stocke. 
.Feme, Blazon of Oentrie (ed. 1586), p. 93. 
I have propounded my opinions naked and unarm 
not seeking to preoccupate the liberty of men's Judgments 
by confutations. Bacon, Advancement of Learning, II. 
prensationt (pren-sa'shon), . [< L. preniia- 
tio(n-), a soliciting, < prensattw, prchensatu.i, 
pp. of prensare, prehetmare, seize, lay hold of, 
freq. of prendere, prehcndere, pp. prenmut, pre- 
henxux, grasp, catch, take: see prchend.] The 
act of grasping; seizure. as, to nave tne preoecuimHcy 01 iana oy ngni 01 -^j^cnSar, prSBOpercular (pre-o-per'kii- 
That commonly by ambitious prenwittoiw, by slmonlacal discovery. ^.. . (( ["< M'a'm(T/(wm) + -r 3 .] In ichth., 
corruptions, by political bandyings, by popular factions, preoccupant (pre-ok u-pant), n. \^lj. prseoc- ' / . i * or connected with the Drteoiier- 
byall kinds of sinister ways, men crept into the place, ,. (.). ppr . of prseoccuparc, seize or OC- P 6 ." 
doth appear by those many dismal schisms which gave ' v-pfni-piianil BP nreoccunate 1 One who cululn ' bee operciilar. 
the church many pretended heads, but not one certain CU P V bel( preoperculum, . See prfPOperculum. 
Borrow, The Pope's Supremacy, preoccupies; a pnor occupant. preopSion (pre-6-pin'yon), . [< prc- + opin- 
Prensiculantia (pren -sik-u-lan'shi-a), . pi. preoccupatet (pre-ok n-pat), v. t. C L.proc- V frSUf 
* *~ fun/ffufi nn nf nrfpftrminfire. srl/.i 
[NL., neut. pi. of *)rrexiculan(t-)g, ppr. of an as- 
sumed verb 'preiuticulure, nibble, dim. or freq., 
< Ij. prendere , pp.prenxns, take, seize : see preii- 
der, prize^.] In flliger's classification of mam- 
mals (1811), the fourth order, containing the ro- 
dents, and corresponding to the Glires or Eodrn- 
tia of other authors. It was divided into 8 families, 
none constituted as In modern systems, the relationships 
of the rodents having been little understood at that time. 
prent (prent), c. and n. 
Icctiil (Scotch) form 
prentice (pren'tis) 
esis from apprentice, 
Alkynnes crafty men crauen mede for here prentii; 
Marchauntz and mede mote nede go togiderei. 
Pirn Plvuman (B), 111. 224. 
I was hound prentice to a barber once, 
Bat ran away I' the second year. 
Middletm (and othen). The Widow, Iv. 2. 
To put to prentice, to send to prentice, to apprentice ; 
bind to an apprenticeship. 
slrRnger's kindness extends to their children's children; 
and this very morning heieiit hi coachman's grandson la 
prentice. Stette, Spectator, No. 107. 
The practice of diet doth hold no certain course nor 
olid rule of selection or confinement; some In an indis- 
tinct voracity eating almost any, others out of a timorous 
preopinion refraining very many. 
Sir T. Brmrne, Vulg. Err., T. M. 
! preoptic (pre-op'tik), a. [<prc- + optic.] An- 
n (g terior wiui respect to optic lobes: pregeminal : 
specifically noting the anterior pair of the optic 
< prin>cfupiirr, pp. 
cupy beforehand: 
preeoccupahiK, seize or oc- 
te.] 1. The act 
ign . . 
of the Ixioty he pleased. 
Stadihotue, Hist Bible, I. 72S. (Latham. ) 
More than three hundred men made a sudden break 
for the narrow gateway, struggled, fought, and crowded 
through It. ami then burst Into the kameras, in order to 
secure, by prenfmptition. places nu the sleeping-platforms. 
Th' Cfittiiry, XXXVII. 40. 
2f. The act of aiitii-ipnting; iiiitiripatinn. 
of or before the mouth. Specifically noting (a) 
One of the visceral arches of the vertebrate embryo, in dis- 
tinction from the m-\c!jl |i.Mc.i:d aiehrs. (6) A fringe of 
cilia In front of the month of certain infmorlans, as the 
Preoral segments. In the arthropods or 
],,.s. .1 
. nl.it. ,1 aiilina'ls. hypoihcUe*] 'prtaaWv* rlngN sup 
he anterior to thost' bearlnc the organi of t' 
