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Precocious

Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees.

Precocity Precociousness

The quality or state of being precocious; untimely ripeness; premature development, especially of the mental powers; forwardness.

Precognosce

To examine beforehand, as witnesses or evidence.

Preconceit

An opinion or notion formed beforehand; a preconception.

Preconceive

To conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to form a previous notion or idea of.

Preconception

The act of preconceiving; conception or opinion previously formed.

Preconcert

Something concerted or arranged beforehand; a previous agreement.

Precondition

A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition.

Preconizate

To proclaim; to publish; also, to summon; to call.

Preconization

A publishing by proclamation; a public proclamation.

Preconscious

Of or pertaining to a state before consciousness.

Preconsign

To consign beforehand; to make a previous consignment of.

Precontract

A contract preceding another a contract of marriage which, according to the ancient law, rendered void a subsequent marriage solemnized in violation of it.

Precoracoid

The anterior part of the coracoid (often closely united with the clavicle) in the shoulder girdle of many reptiles and amphibians.

Precordial

Situated in front of the heart; of or pertaining to the pr/cordia.

Precrural

Situated in front of the leg or thigh; as, the precrural glands of the horse.

Precursor

One who, or that which, precedes an event, and indicates its approach; a forerunner; a harbinger.

Predal

Of or pertaining to prey; plundering; predatory.

Predate

To date anticipation; to affix to (a document) an earlier than the actual date; to antedate; as, a predated deed or letter.

Predatory

Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a predatory party.

Prede

Prey; plunder; booty.

Predecease

The death of one person or thing before another.

Predecessor

One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.

Predeclare

To declare or announce beforehand; to preannounce.

Predella

The step, or raised secondary part, of an altar; a superaltar; hence, in Italian painting, a band or frieze of several pictures running along the front of a superaltar, or forming a border or frame at the foot of an altarpiece.

Predesign

To design or purpose beforehand; to predetermine.

Predesignate

A term used by Sir William Hamilton to define propositions having their quantity indicated by a verbal sign; as, all, none, etc.; -- contrasted with preindesignate, defining propositions of which the quantity is not so indicated.

Predestinarian

One who believes in or supports the doctrine of predestination.

Predestinate

To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to pre/lect.

Predestine

To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate.

Predeterminate

Determined beforehand; as, the predeterminate counsel of God.

Predetermination

The act of previous determination; a purpose formed beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will.

Predial

Consisting of land or farms; landed; as, predial estate; that is, real estate.

Prediastolic

Preceding the diastole of the heart; as, a prediastolic friction sound.

Predicability

The quality or state of being predicable, or affirmable of something, or attributed to something.

Predicable

Anything affirmable of another; especially, a general attribute or notion as affirmable of, or applicable to, many individuals.

Predicament

A class or kind described by any definite marks; hence, condition; particular situation or state; especially, an unfortunate or trying position or condition.

Predicant

One who predicates, affirms, or proclaims; specifically, a preaching friar; a Dominican.

Predication

The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of another; affirmation; assertion.

Predicative

Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term.

Predicrotic

A term applied to the pulse wave sometimes seen in a pulse curve or sphygmogram, between the apex of the curve and the dicrotic wave.

Prediction

The act of foretelling; also, that which is foretold; prophecy.

Predigest

To subject (food) to predigestion or artificial digestion.

Predilection

A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something; predisposition to choose or like; partiality.

Predisponent

Disposing beforehand; predisposing. That which predisposes.

Predispose

To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship.

Predisposition

The act of predisposing, or the state of being predisposed; previous inclination, tendency, or propensity; predilection; -- applied to the mind; as, a predisposition to anger.

Predominance

The quality or state of being predominant; superiority; ascendency; prevalence; predomination.

Predominant

Having the ascendency over others; superior in strength, influence, or authority; prevailing; as, a predominant color; predominant excellence.

Predomination

The act or state of predominating; ascendency; predominance.

Predorsal

Situated in front of the back; immediately in front, or on the ventral side the dorsal part of the vertebral column.

Predy

Cleared and ready for engagement, as a ship.

Preeminence

The quality or state of being pre/minent; superiority in prominence or in excellence; distinction above others in quality, rank, etc.; rarely, in a bad sense, superiority or notoriety in evil; as, pre/minence in honor.

Preeminent

Eminent above others; prominent among those who are eminent; superior in excellence; surpassing, or taking precedence of, others; rarely, surpassing others in evil, or in bad qualities; as, pre/minent in guilt.

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