predesign

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English

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Etymology

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From pre- +‎ design.

Verb

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predesign (third-person singular simple present predesigns, present participle predesigning, simple past and past participle predesigned)

  1. (transitive) To design beforehand; to predetermine.
    • 1784-1810, William Mitford, The History of Greece:
      Tranquillity insued among the people ; and the cart , predesigned by heaven to bring a king, the author of so much good , was , with its appendages , dedicated to the god , and placed in the citadel , where it was carefully preserved

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