preform

(prē fôrm)

transitive verb

to form in advance

See preform in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb pre·formed, pre·form·ing, pre·forms
  1. To shape or form beforehand.
  2. To determine the shape or form of beforehand.
noun
  1. An object that has been subjected to preliminary, usually incomplete shaping or molding before undergoing complete or final processing.
  2. Linguistics A reconstructed ancestral word or form.

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