Part 474

Bacon.

Pre`con*cep"tion (?), n. The act of preconceiving; conception or opinion previously formed.

Pre`con*cert" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preconcerted; p. pr. & vb. n. Preconcerting.] To concert or arrange beforehand; to settle by previous agreement.

Pre*con"cert (?), n. Something concerted or arranged beforehand; a previous agreement.

Pre`con*cert"ed (?), a. Previously arranged; agreed upon beforehand. -- Pre`con*cert"ed*ly, adv. -- Pre`con*cert"ed*ness, n.

Pre`con*cer"tion (?), n. The act of preconcerting; preconcert. Dr. T. Dwight.

Pre`con*demn` (?), v. t. To condemn beforehand. -- Pre*con`dem*na"tion (#), n.

Pre`con*di"tion (?), n. A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition.

Pre`con*form" (?), v. t. & i. To conform by way anticipation. De Quincey.

Pre`con*form"i*ty (?), n. Anticipative or antecedent conformity. Coleridge.

Pre*con"i*zate (?), v. t. [Cf. F. prÈconiser.] To proclaim; to publish; also, to summon; to call. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.

Pre*con`i*za"tion (?), n. [L. praeconium a crying out in public, fr. praeco, - onis, a crier, a herald: cf. F. prÈconisation.] 1. A publishing by proclamation; a public proclamation. Bp. Hall.

2. (Eccl.) A formal approbation by the pope of a person nominated to an ecclesiastical dignity. Addis & Arnold.

Pre"con*ize (?), v. t. (Eccl.) To approve by preconization.

Pre*con"quer (?), v. t. To conquer in anticipation. [R.] Fuller.

Pre*con""scious (?), a. Of or pertaining to a state before consciousness.

Pre`con*sent" (?), n. A previous consent.

Pre`con*sign" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preconsigned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Preconsigning.] To consign beforehand; to make a previous consignment of.

Pre`con*sol"i*da`ted (?), a. Consolidated beforehand.

Pre*con"sti*tute (?), v. t. To constitute or establish beforehand.

Pre`con*tract" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Precontracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Precontracting.] To contract, engage, or stipulate previously.

Pre`con*tract" (?), v. i. To make a previous contract or agreement. Ayliffe.

Pre*con"tract (?), n. A contract preceding another; especially (Law), a contract of marriage which, according to the ancient law, rendered void a subsequent marriage solemnized in violation of it. Abbott.

Pre`con*trive" (?), v. t. & i. To contrive or plan beforehand.

Pre*cor"a*coid (?), n. (Anat.) The anterior part of the coracoid (often closely united with the clavicle) in the shoulder girdle of many reptiles and amphibians.

Pre*cor"di*al (?), a. [Pref. pre- + L. cor, cordis, heart: cf. F. prÈcordial.] (Anat.) Situated in front of the heart; of or pertaining to the prÊcordia.

Pre*cru"ral (?), a. (Anat.) Situated in front of the leg or thigh; as, the precrural glands of the horse.

Pre*cur"rer (?), n. A precursor. [Obs.] Shak.