"prefine" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Latin praefinire",
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  "etymology_text": "From Latin praefinire.",
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "1610, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes:",
          "text": "prefining unto itself no other limits than the uttermost bounds of the earth",
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        "To limit beforehand."
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          "beforehand",
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        "(obsolete) To limit beforehand."
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    {
      "form": "prefines",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prefining",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prefined",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
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        "past"
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        "To limit beforehand."
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        "(obsolete) To limit beforehand."
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