Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Making previous trial; attempting to try or test beforehand.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Fitted for trial beforehand; experimental.
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- adjective Fitted for
trial beforehand ;experimental .
Etymologies
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pre- + tentative: compare Latin praetentare to try beforehand.
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