precertify

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verb

To certify in advance.

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Meanings

verbprecertify (third-person singular simple present precertifies, present participle precertifying, simple past and past participle precertified)

present singular third person precertifies · participle present precertifying · participle past precertified · past precertified

  1. transitiveTo certify in advance.
    1 more example

    Mr. Potter said that if the judge found that eBay had the same duty as flea markets and traditional retail stores to not sell counterfeit products, eBay will likely have to either stop auctioning famous luxury products or radically alter the way it does business so that it can precertify the authenticity of those products.

    2007 November 27, Katie Hafner, “Tiffany and eBay in Fight Over Fakes”, in New York Times

Origin

From pre- + certify.

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APA

precertify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precertify

MLA

“precertify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precertify. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “precertify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precertify.

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