Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
prehistoric .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
prehistoric
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective belonging to or existing in times before recorded history
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Examples
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Like “roots” as in prehistorical foundations or “roots” as in psychological deep structure.
Archive 2009-05-01 Hal Duncan 2009
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Like “roots” as in prehistorical foundations or “roots” as in psychological deep structure.
Imaginales 2009 Schedule Hal Duncan 2009
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As I mentioned to Steve, this is the sort of thing they could use in one of their "prehistorical" novels.
Archive 2005-10-01 2005
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As I mentioned to Steve, this is the sort of thing they could use in one of their "prehistorical" novels.
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How do we know what prehistorical man thought and felt?
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Although these graphics seem prehistorical, they're only 30 years old.
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All of these probably resulted from prehistorical migrations of which scholars know very little. 19 Considering these facts, more and more scholars tend to put ancient Yunnan into the category of Southeast Asia rather than East Asia. 20 So, what was the role of Yunnan in the origin and development of Southeast Asian civilization?
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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The mining village of Saltus we slowly discover are not mining ore; Earth is too old for that; instead, the miners are looting prehistorical buried cities, digging up ancient artifacts, or corpses preserved by time-defeating crystal coffins.
WolfeWiki 2008
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None of the monsters depicted uses a made-up name such as Pelgran or Banth or Tarsk; instead the names of real prehistorical mammals are used.
WolfeWiki 2008
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In prehistorical time this level of organization was the ancient tribal matriarchy.
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