Definition of Predefine

1. v. t. To define beforehand.

Definition of Predefine

1. Adverb. defined in advance ¹

2. Verb. To define in advance ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Predefine

1. [v -FINED, -FINING, -FINES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Predefine

predecided
predecimal
predecimalisation
predecimalization
predeclare
predeclared
predeclares
predeclaring
prededication
prededications
prededuct
prededucted
prededucting
prededucts
predefection
predefine (current term)
predefined
predefined function
predefined functions
predefines
predefining
predegraded
predeliberation
predeliberations
predeliction
predelineation
predelineations
predelinquency
predelinquent
predelinquents

Literary usage of Predefine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Programming In Lua by Roberto Ierusalimschy (2003)
"and there is no way to predefine common colors, so that, later, the user can simply write something like background = WHITE. ..."

2. The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1839)
"Hence we may see how necessary it is that in all important controversies we should predefine the terms negatively, that is, exclude and preclude all that is ..."

3. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"To end, or -ATE. limit, or set or fix the end, bound, -ATION. or limit, before or previously; to preordain, to predefine. PREDIAL, ad. ..."

4. Notes on English Divines by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1853)
"Hence we may see how necessary it is that in all important controversies we should predefine the terms negatively, that is, exclude and preclude all that is ..."

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