"prerelax" meaning in English

See prerelax in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: prerelaxes [present, singular, third-person], prerelaxing [participle, present], prerelaxed [participle, past], prerelaxed [past]
Etymology: pre- + relax Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|relax}} pre- + relax Head templates: {{en-verb}} prerelax (third-person singular simple present prerelaxes, present participle prerelaxing, simple past and past participle prerelaxed)
  1. To relax beforehand.
    Sense id: en-prerelax-en-verb-zfJUujdB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for prerelax meaning in English (2.1kB)

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