Meanings
verbprefine (third-person singular simple present prefines, present participle prefining, simple past and past participle prefined)
present singular third person prefines · participle present prefining · participle past prefined · past prefined
- obsoleteTo limit beforehand.
prefining unto itself no other limits than the uttermost bounds of the earth
1610, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes
Origin
- Latinpraefinire
- Englishprefine
From Latin praefinire.
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