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preassure, v.|priːəˈʃʊə(r)|
[pre- A. 1.]
trans. To assure or make certain beforehand. Hence preaˈssured ppl. a.
1697J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 294 Being pre-assur'd the Thing has more Modes in it than we know. 1746W. Horsley Fool (1748) I. 264 Being pre-assured of his returning Victorious. 1776Bentham Man. Pol. Econ. Wks. 1843 III. 37 A preassured stock of the articles of subsistence. 1846Mrs. Gore Eng. Char. (1852) 155 Preassuring herself by a mysterious missive whom he will be best pleased to meet at her table. |