preexamine Meaning, Definition & Usage

Pre`ëx*am"ine transitive verb (Also<
  • Preexamine
  • Preëxamine
)
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Preëxamined ; present participle & verbal noun Preëxamining
Definitions
  1. To examine beforehand. in orig, "perexamined" had no dieresis over the second "e" because it was broken by a hyphen at the end of a line. Thus this transcription is in such cases style of the original rather than typographically identical. Similarly, above at "preengaged" and below, at "preexist"

Webster 1913