"premeasure" meaning in English

See premeasure in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: premeasures [present, singular, third-person], premeasuring [participle, present], premeasured [participle, past], premeasured [past]
Etymology: pre- + measure Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|measure}} pre- + measure Head templates: {{en-verb}} premeasure (third-person singular simple present premeasures, present participle premeasuring, simple past and past participle premeasured)
  1. (transitive) To measure in advance. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-premeasure-en-verb-SED--ZCd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre-

Inflected forms

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