Meanings
verbpretreat (third-person singular simple present pretreats, present participle pretreating, simple past and past participle pretreated)
present singular third person pretreats · participle present pretreating · participle past pretreated · past pretreated
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Middle Englishpre-
- Englishpre-
- Englishtreat
- Englishpretreat
Translations
Finnish esikäsitellä
- esikäsitelläpretreat
Greek προεπεξεργάζομαι
- προεπεξεργάζομαι (proepexergázomai)pretreat
Italian pretrattare
- pretrattarepretreat
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Cite this entry
APA
pretreat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretreat
MLA
“pretreat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretreat. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pretreat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretreat.
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