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▪ I. preˈconcert, n.
[f. pre- A. 2 + concert n.]
A previous concert, agreement, or arrangement.
1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) VI. xlv. 175 A book, which had there not been a preconcert, would not have taken his attention for one moment. 1834Blackw. Mag. XXXV. 395 A medical man being (by preconcert) at hand.
▪ II. preconˈcert, v.
[f. pre- A. 1 + concert v.]
trans. To concert or arrange beforehand.
1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) III. vii. 59 The opportunity to effect an escape which they suppose preconcerted. 1828D'Israeli Chas. I, I. vi. 188 With this motive we must suppose them to have preconcerted their plans. 1855Prince Albert in Lett. Q. Victoria (1907) III. 134 How can the Foreign Secretary and Ambassador at Paris..carry on their business, if everything has been privately preconcerted between the Emperor and the English Prime Minister? |