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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to or of the nature of preëmption; preëmpting.

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

  • adjective Of or pertaining to preëmption; having power to preëmpt; preëmpting.

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

  • adjective Alternative spelling of preemptive.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

preëmpt +‎ -ive.

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