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Definition of Preact
1. v. t. To act beforehand; to perform previously.
Definition of Preact
1. Verb. To act or perform beforehand. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Preact
1. to act beforehand [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preact
Literary usage of Preact
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"Both of them were preact- ers to the educated; for simple people the genius of
Kögel was too lofty, the compressed thought ol Hoffmann too difficult of ..."
2. The Works of Laurence Sterne: With a Life of the Author by Laurence Sterne (1813)
"Set forth in a sermon preact^ ed in the cathedral church of St. Peter, York, at
the summer assizes, before the Hon. Mr Baron Clive, and the Hon. ..."
3. Annals of the American Pulpit: Or, Commemorative Notices of Distinguished by William Buell Sprague (1858)
"... to preach.as a candidate at Litchfield, Conn.; and, after preact- ing there
four or five Sabbaths, he received a unanimous call to settl«. ..."
4. Village Hymns for Social Worship: Selected and Original : Designed as a by Asahel Nettleton, Isaac Watts (1824)
"The "holy women" sought the place Where their belot'd was laid, And shining angels
preact'd the grace That rais'd him from the dead,; t Th«y hasted from the ..."
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