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Webster 1913 Edition
Prefine
Pre-fine′
,Verb.
T.
[L.
praefinire
; prae
before + finire
to limit, determine: cf. F. préfiner
.] To limit beforehand.
[Obs.]
Knolles.
Webster 1828 Edition
Prefine
PREFI'NE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
prefine
prefine
English
Verb
prefine (third-person singular simple present prefines, present participle prefining, simple past and past participle prefined)
- (obsolete) To limit beforehand.
- 1610, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes
- prefining unto itself no other limits than the uttermost bounds of the earth
- 1610, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes