Meanings
verbpreaccept (third-person singular simple present preaccepts, present participle preaccepting, simple past and past participle preaccepted)
present singular third person preaccepts · participle present preaccepting · participle past preaccepted · past preaccepted
- transitiveTo accept beforehand.
The first of the common anti-positivist qualifications of post-positivism and hermeneutics paradigm is that they preaccept the “reality is complex.”
2020, Dincer Atli, Analyzing the Strategic Role of Neuromarketing and Consumer Neuroscience, page 150
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Middle Englishpre-
- Englishpre-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Indo-European*kap-
- Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
- Proto-Italic*kapjō
- Latincapiō
- Latinaccipiō
- Latinacceptāre
- Old Frenchaccepterder.?
- Middle Englishaccepten
- Englishaccept
- Englishpreaccept
Cite this entry
APA
preaccept. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preaccept
MLA
“preaccept.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preaccept. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preaccept,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preaccept.
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