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Ded., p. 8. pre condemnation (prē-kon-dem-nāʼshon), n . [ pre- + condemnation .] The act of condemning, or the state of being condemned, beforehand. precondition (pre-kon-dish'on), n . condition .] An antecedent condition; a condition requisite in advance; a prerequisite. [ pre- + Up to 1763 he [Kant] had still maintained that the idea of God is the precondition of all thought and being. E. Caird , Philos. of Kant, p. 165. pre conform (prē-kon-fôrm'), v . t . and i. [ pre + conform .] To conform in anticipation. De Quincey. pre conformity (pre-kon-fôr'mi-ti), n . + conformity .] Antecedent conformity. ridge. Gentle daughter, fear you not at all. He is your husband on a pre - contract . Shak ., M. for M., iv. 1. 72. Peter Gomera, thou hast lost thy wife; Death pleads a precontract . Beau . and Fl ., Knight of Malta, i. 3. precontract (pre-kon-trakt'), v. [ trans . To contract beforehand; bind or make over by a previous contract; particularly, to betroth before something else. This Lepida had been pre-contracted unto Me tell us Scipio; but afterwards, the pre-contract being broken, he forsook her. North , tr. of Plutarch, p. 639. II. in trans . To form a previous contract; previous come to a previous arrangement or agree- ment. pre contrive (pre-kon-triv'), v . t . and i.; pret. and pp. pre contrived , ppr. pre contriving . [ pre - pre- + contrive .] contrive .] To contrive or plan before Cole preconizateł (prē-konʻi-zāt), v . t . [ conizatus , pp. of præconizare , proclaim: see preconize .] To proclaim; summon by procla mation. The queen incontinently departed out of the court; wherefore she was thrice pre conn is ate , and called eft-soons to return and appear. Bp. Burnet , Records, ii. No. 28. The King's Letter, [June, 1529. hand. Thus, for instance, when the mind had the will to raise the arm to the head, the body was so pre contrived as to raise at that very moment the part required.