precompose

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English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ compose.

Verb

precompose (third-person singular simple present precomposes, present participle precomposing, simple past and past participle precomposed)

  1. (transitive) To compose beforehand.
    • 1708, Thomas Bennet, A Brief History of the Joint Use of Precompos'd Set Forms of Prayer:
      the precomposed Liturgy of St. Gregory
  2. (transitive, mathematics) To apply (an operation) before another operation occurs.

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