preaction

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ action

Noun

preaction (countable and uncountable, plural preactions)

1. previous action
   • Sir Thomas Browne

     Now, if an iron be touched before, it varieth not in this manner; for then it admits not this magnetical impression, as being already informed by the loadstone, and polarily determined by its preaction.

Anagrams

• captioner, precation, recaption