prenominate

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verb

to name or mention ahead of time

OriginEnglish nominate ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae- →
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Meanings

prenominate1

verbprenominate (third-person singular simple present prenominates, present participle prenominating, simple past and past participle prenominated)

present singular third person prenominates · participle present prenominating · participle past prenominated · past prenominated

  1. to name or mention ahead of time

prenominate2

adjectiveprenominate (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteaforementioned

    Having ever seen in the prenominate crimes

    c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], line 42

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
forename

Origin

prenominate · verb

  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. Englishnominate
  10. Englishprenominate

From pre- + nominate.

Full word history & related roots →

prenominate · adjective

  1. Latinpraenominatus
  2. Englishprenominate

From Latin praenominatus, past participle of praenominare (“to give the prenomen to, to prenominate”).

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APA

prenominate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prenominate

MLA

“prenominate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prenominate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prenominate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prenominate.

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