"prefit" meaning in All languages combined

See prefit on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: prefits [present, singular, third-person], prefitting [participle, present], prefitted [participle, past], prefitted [past], prefit [participle, past], prefit [past]
Etymology: pre- + fit Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|fit}} pre- + fit Head templates: {{en-verb|++|past2=prefit}} prefit (third-person singular simple present prefits, present participle prefitting, simple past and past participle prefitted or prefit)
  1. (transitive) To fit in advance. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-prefit-en-verb-34mWGGR0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for prefit meaning in All languages combined (1.5kB)

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