PREFORM

preform

(verb) form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand

preform

(verb) form into a shape resembling the final, desired one

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

preform (plural preforms)

An object that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form.

(archaeology) The rough, incomplete and unused basic form of a stone tool.

(linguistics) A word that is no longer in use, but has been reconstructed from current ones.

Verb

preform (third-person singular simple present preforms, present participle preforming, simple past and past participle preformed)

To shape something before some other operation.

Etymology 2

Verb

preform

Misspelling of perform.

Anagrams

• perform

Source: Wiktionary


Pre*form" (, v. t. Etym: [L. praeformare. See Pre-, and Form.]

Definition: To form beforehand, or for special ends. "Their natures and preformed faculties. " Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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