Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRE'TER
PRE-TENT'A-TIVEPRE'TER-IM-PER'FECT
PRE'TER, prep. [PRE'TER-]
A Latin preposition, præter, is used in some English words as a prefix. Its proper signification is beyond, hence, beside, more.
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