preaction

See also: pre-action

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ action

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɹiˈækʃən/

Noun

preaction (countable and uncountable, plural preactions)

previous action
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
  Now, if an iron be touched before, it varieth not in this manner; for then it admits not this magnetical impression, as being already informed by the loadstone, and polarily determined by its preaction.

Anagrams

captioner, precation, recaption

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