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PRETERNAT'URALNESS, n. A state or manner different from the common order of nature.
PRETERNAT'URALLY, adv. In a manner beyond or aside from the common order of natu...
PRETERNATURAL'ITY, n. Preternaturalness. [Little used.]
PRETERNAT'URAL, a. [L. proeter and natural.] Beyond what is natural, or differen...
PRETERMIT', v.t. [L. proetermitto; proeter, beyond, and mitto, to send.] To pass...
PRETERMIS'SION. n. [L. proetermissio, from proetermitto.] A passing by; omission...
PRETERLE'GAL, a. [L. proeter and legal.] Exceeding the limits of law; not legal....
PRETERLAPS'ED, a. [L. proeterlapsus, proeterlabor; proeter and labor, to glide.]...
PRE'TERITNESS, n. [from preterit.] The state of being past. [Little used.]
PRETERI'TION, n. [L. proeterio, to pass by.] 1. The act of going past; the state...
PRE'TERIT, a. [L. proeteritus, proetereo; proeter, beyond, and eo, to go.] Past;...
PRETERIMPER'FECT, a. [beyond or beside unfinished.] In grammar, designating the ...
PRETER, a Latin preposition, [proeter,] is used in some English words as a prefi...
PRETENT'ATIVE, a. [L. proe and tento, to try.] That may be previously tried or a...
PRETEN'SION, n. 1. Claim, true or false; a holding out the appearance of right o...
PRETENS'ED, a. Pretended; feigned; as a pretensed right to land. [Little used.]