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71pre|bi|ot|ic — «PREE by OT ihk», adjective. before the appearance of living things: »... assumes that the earth s atmosphere in prebiotic times contained methane, nitrogen, and water (Leonard Nelson) …
72pre|co|lo|ni|al — «PREE kuh LOH nee uhl», adjective. before a state of colonialism: »precolonial Africa …
73pre|di|al — «PREE dee uhl», adjective. 1. consisting of la. 2. having to do with, arising from, or attached to land: »predial tithes, predial serfs. Also, praedial. ╂[< Medieval Latin praedialis < Latin praedium farm, estate] …
74pre|lu|di|al — «prih LOO dee uhl», adjective. of or like a prelude; introductory: »preludial music, a preludial dinner …
75pre|lu|so|ri|ly — «prih LOO suhr uh lee», adverb. by way of introduction or prelude …
76pre|lu|so|ry — «prih LOO suhr ee», adjective. = prelusive. (Cf. ↑prelusive) …
77pre|ma|tu|ri|ty — REE muh CHUR uh tee, TUR , TYUR », noun. the quality or state of being premature: »For most of the deaths of babies under one month, prematurity is the chief cause (Newsweek) …
78pre|oc|cu|py — «pree OK yuh py», transitive verb, pied, py|ing. 1. to take up all the attention of; absorb: »The question of getting to New York preoccupied her mind. 2. to occupy beforehand; take possession of before others: »Our favorite seats had been… …
79pre|pu|pa — «pree PYOO puh», noun, plural pae « pee», pas. 1. the inactive stage before pupation in the development of many insects. 2. the form of an insect in this stage: »We inject hemolymph from these prepupae into young larvae (Scientific American) …
80pre|sa — «PRAY sah», noun, plural se « say». a notation in music used in a canon to show where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme. ╂[< Italian presa a taking] …
