"precycle" meaning in English

See precycle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: precycles [present, singular, third-person], precycling [participle, present], precycled [participle, past], precycled [past]
Etymology: pre- + cycle, modelled on recycle. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|cycle}} pre- + cycle Head templates: {{en-verb}} precycle (third-person singular simple present precycles, present participle precycling, simple past and past participle precycled)
  1. To avoid the need to recycle, for example by not using prepackaging. Wikipedia link: precycle
    Sense id: en-precycle-en-verb-98S6mtYf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre-

Inflected forms

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