prefire

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

pre- +‎ fire

Adjective

prefire (not comparable)

  1. Before the occurrence of a fire.
    • 2007, Francis L. Brannigan, Glenn P. Corbett, Brannigan's Building Construction for the Fire Service, page 6:
      Francis Brannigan's great interest in prefire planning was forced by necessity. All of a sudden, as a naval officer, he had responsibilities for lives and property for which he was totally unprepared.

Etymology 2

Verb

prefire (third-person singular simple present prefires, present participle prefiring, simple past and past participle prefired)

  1. Alternative form of pre-fire.

Galician

Verb

prefire

  1. inflection of preferir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative