preallable

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle French preallable ( > modern préalable), from prealler (to precede).

Adjective

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preallable (comparative more preallable, superlative most preallable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Preliminary; previous.

Middle French

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Adjective

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preallable m or f (plural preallables)

  1. that must come before (something)
    • 1577, Johannes Bodin, Les six livres de la republique, page 7:
      la fin principale de laquelle gist aux vertus contemplatives, iacoit que les actions politiques soient preallables.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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