prestate

P3R1E1S1T1A1T1E1

adjective

Prior to status as a state.

OriginEnglish state ← Middle English stat ← Old French estat →
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Meanings

prestate1

adjectiveprestate (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePrior to status as a state.
  2. not comparableMore primitive than a state.
nounprestate (plural prestates)

plural prestates

  1. computerThe state that exists before an operation.

prestate2

verbprestate (third-person singular simple present prestates, present participle prestating, simple past and past participle prestated)

present singular third person prestates · participle present prestating · participle past prestated · past prestated

  1. transitiveotherwise archaiclawTo assume responsibility for, undertake.
  2. transitiveotherwise archaiclawTo indemnify, guarantee, secure (against loss or legal liability).
  3. transitiveotherwise archaiclawTo vouch for, support.

Origin

prestate · adjective, noun

  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. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s
  11. Proto-Italic*status
  12. Latinstatu
  13. Old Frenchestat
  14. Middle Englishstat
  15. Englishstate
  16. Englishprestate

From pre- + state.

Full word history & related roots →

prestate · verb

  1. Latinpraestō“to provide, show, vouch for”
  2. Latinpraestatus
  3. Englishprestate

From Latin praestatus, from Latin praestō (“to provide, show, vouch for”). Compare also prest, imprest, prestation, prestable.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

pretastetapesterTarpetes
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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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