"preëmptive" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "preëmpt",
        "4": "-ive",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish preëmpt\nProto-Indo-European *-wós\nProto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.\nLatin -īvus\nOld French -ifbor.\nMiddle English -yf\nEnglish -ive\nEnglish preëmptive\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"-ive\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*-iHwós\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"adjectival suffix\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-wós\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-īvus\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Old French\", \"term\" : \"-if\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"fro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"-yf\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-ive\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"preëmptive\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"preëmptive\">\nFrom preëmpt + -ive.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish preëmpt\nProto-Indo-European *-wós\nProto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.\nLatin -īvus\nOld French -ifbor.\nMiddle English -yf\nEnglish -ive\nEnglish preëmptive\nFrom preëmpt + -ive.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more preëmptive",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most preëmptive",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "preëmptive (comparative more preëmptive, superlative most preëmptive)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "preemptive"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ive",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1904, Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo, N.Y.), Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society, p289",
          "text": "The object of this company in taking their conveyance from the Indians in the form of a lease was to evade the preëmptive right."
        },
        {
          "text": "2002, The New Yorker Online Only, Conversation: The Next War, at this site\nOnce the doctrine of preëmptive war is out there, then, first India, clearly, but many other people, could say that this is ideal, thank you. All these conditions are met."
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              321,
              331
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2003, William Z. Ripley, Main Street and Wall Street 1929, page 43:",
          "text": "But this fails to meet the objection that if a considerable number of shareholders were thus compelled to go into the public market to buy enough shares to maintain their proportionate interest, they would probably have to pay an excessive price — a price at all events greater than would attach to the exercise of their preëmptive right.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Rare spelling of preemptive."
      ],
      "id": "en-preëmptive-en-adj-d3UxaCzE",
      "links": [
        [
          "preemptive",
          "preemptive#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "preëmpt"
        },
        {
          "word": "preëmptible"
        },
        {
          "word": "preëmption"
        },
        {
          "word": "preëmptioner"
        },
        {
          "word": "preëmptively"
        },
        {
          "word": "preëmptor"
        },
        {
          "word": "preëmptory"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹiːˈɛmp.tɪv/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-preemptive.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/44/En-us-preemptive.ogg/En-us-preemptive.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/En-us-preemptive.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "preëmptive"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "preëmpt",
        "4": "-ive",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish preëmpt\nProto-Indo-European *-wós\nProto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.\nLatin -īvus\nOld French -ifbor.\nMiddle English -yf\nEnglish -ive\nEnglish preëmptive\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"-ive\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*-iHwós\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"adjectival suffix\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-wós\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-īvus\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Old French\", \"term\" : \"-if\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"fro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"-yf\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-ive\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"preëmptive\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"preëmptive\">\nFrom preëmpt + -ive.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish preëmpt\nProto-Indo-European *-wós\nProto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.\nLatin -īvus\nOld French -ifbor.\nMiddle English -yf\nEnglish -ive\nEnglish preëmptive\nFrom preëmpt + -ive.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more preëmptive",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most preëmptive",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "preëmptive (comparative more preëmptive, superlative most preëmptive)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "preëmpt"
    },
    {
      "word": "preëmptible"
    },
    {
      "word": "preëmption"
    },
    {
      "word": "preëmptioner"
    },
    {
      "word": "preëmptively"
    },
    {
      "word": "preëmptor"
    },
    {
      "word": "preëmptory"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "preemptive"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries referencing missing etymons",
        "English entries with etymology texts",
        "English entries with etymology trees",
        "English entries with etymon",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English rare forms",
        "English terms spelled with Ë",
        "English terms spelled with ◌̈",
        "English terms suffixed with -ive",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees",
        "Pages with etymon",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1904, Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo, N.Y.), Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society, p289",
          "text": "The object of this company in taking their conveyance from the Indians in the form of a lease was to evade the preëmptive right."
        },
        {
          "text": "2002, The New Yorker Online Only, Conversation: The Next War, at this site\nOnce the doctrine of preëmptive war is out there, then, first India, clearly, but many other people, could say that this is ideal, thank you. All these conditions are met."
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              321,
              331
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2003, William Z. Ripley, Main Street and Wall Street 1929, page 43:",
          "text": "But this fails to meet the objection that if a considerable number of shareholders were thus compelled to go into the public market to buy enough shares to maintain their proportionate interest, they would probably have to pay an excessive price — a price at all events greater than would attach to the exercise of their preëmptive right.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Rare spelling of preemptive."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "preemptive",
          "preemptive#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹiːˈɛmp.tɪv/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-preemptive.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/44/En-us-preemptive.ogg/En-us-preemptive.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/En-us-preemptive.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "preëmptive"
}