Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To act beforehand; perform previously; rehearse.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To act beforehand; to perform previously.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To act or perform beforehand.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

pre- +‎ act

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