pregrease

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verb

To grease something prior to use or assembly

OriginEnglish grease ← Middle English grece ← Anglo-Norman grece →
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Meanings

verbpregrease (third-person singular simple present pregreases, present participle pregreasing, simple past and past participle pregreased)

present singular third person pregreases · participle present pregreasing · participle past pregreased · past pregreased

  1. To grease something prior to use or assembly

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Vulgar Latin*crassia
  10. Anglo-Normangrece
  11. Middle Englishgrece
  12. Englishgrease
  13. Englishpregrease

From pre- + grease.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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