prevet

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verb

To vet or check in advance.

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Meanings

verbprevet (third-person singular simple present prevets, present participle prevetting, simple past and past participle prevetted)

present singular third person prevets · participle present prevetting · participle past prevetted · past prevetted

  1. transitiveTo vet or check in advance.

    The first is that, in part, Nominet took over the operation of .uk precisely because prevetting of domain names was not working.

    2009, Lee A. Bygrave, Jon Bing, Internet governance: infrastructure and institutions, page 210

Origin

From pre- + vet.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

vertep
Cite this entry
APA

prevet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prevet

MLA

“prevet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prevet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prevet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prevet.

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