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prelimit, v.|priːˈlɪmɪt| Also 7 præ-. [pre- A. 1.] trans. To limit or set bounds to beforehand; to confine within limits previously fixed.
a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Hist. Jas. II, Wks. (1711) 25 The commissioners are chosen.., prepared, instructed, prelimited by him. 1693Apol. Clergy Scot. 81 Who have prelimited the Assembly, by their Letter and Act. 1784J. Brown Hist. Brit. Ch. (1820) II. vi. 288 The free election of Commissioners had been prelimited by the letter and act of the Commission. 1880Masson Milton VI. ii. ii. 412 A royalty duly prelimited and constrained into respectability. Hence preˈlimited ppl. a.; preˈlimiting vbl. n.
1637–50Row Hist. Kirk (Wodrow Soc.) 248 To thir Articles the ministers consented..for the tyme, even to be silent,..and to have a prælimited Assemblie, feareing, that if they had made any opposition, neither should a Generall Assemblie have been obtained. a1715Burnett Own Time an. 1687 (1753) III. iv. 147 The prelimiting and the packing of a parliament. 1784J. Brown Hist. Brit. Ch. (1820) II. vi. 293 The prelimiting and corrupting of the General Assembly. |