"precrastinate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: precrastinates [present, singular, third-person], precrastinating [participle, present], precrastinated [participle, past], precrastinated [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from precrastination, as a blend of pre- + procrastinate. Etymology templates: {{bf|en|precrastination}} Back-formation from precrastination, {{blend|en|pre-|procrastinate|nocap=1}} blend of pre- + procrastinate Head templates: {{en-verb}} precrastinate (third-person singular simple present precrastinates, present participle precrastinating, simple past and past participle precrastinated)
  1. (intransitive) To engage in precrastination. Tags: intransitive

Inflected forms

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