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pre•print
(n. prē′print′;v. prē print′),USA pronunciation n.
v.t.
- Printingan advance printing, usually of a portion of a book or of an article in a periodical.
v.t.
- Printingto print for future use.
- to print a preprint.
- pre- + print 1885–90