preelect
English
Alternative forms
- pre-elect
Etymology
pre- + elect
Verb
preelect (third-person singular simple present preelects, present participle preelecting, simple past and past participle preelected)
- (transitive) To elect beforehand; forechoose.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for preelect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)