perempt

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verb

To destroy or defeat.

OriginLatin peremptum →
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Meanings

verbperempt (third-person singular simple present perempts, present participle perempting, simple past and past participle perempted)

present singular third person perempts · participle present perempting · participle past perempted · past perempted

  1. transitivelawTo destroy or defeat.

Origin

  1. Latinperemptum
  2. Englishperempt

Borrowed from Latin peremptum, past participle of perimere.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with perempt

attemptexemptattemptedcontempttemptpreemptunkemptkemptill-kemptwell-kempt
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Anagrams

preempt
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APA

perempt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perempt

MLA

“perempt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perempt. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perempt,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perempt.

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