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Webster 1913 Edition


Preform

Pre-form′

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
praeformare
. See
Pre-
, and
Form
.]
To form beforehand, or for special ends.
“Their natures and preformed faculties. ”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Preform

PREFORM'

,
Verb.
T.
[pre and form.] To form beforehand.

Definition 2024


preform

preform

English

Noun

preform (plural preforms)

  1. An object that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form.
  2. (archaeology) The rough, incomplete and unused basic form of a stone tool.
  3. (linguistics) A word that is no longer in use, but has been reconstructed from current ones.

Verb

preform (third-person singular simple present preforms, present participle preforming, simple past and past participle preformed)

  1. To shape something before some other operation.
  2. Misspelling of perform.

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