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English
Etymology 1
From pre- + nominate.
Verb
prenominate (third-person singular simple present prenominates, present participle prenominating, simple past and past participle prenominated)
- to name or mention ahead of time
Etymology 2
Latin praenominatus, past participle of praenominare (“to give the prenomen to, to prenominate”).
Adjective
prenominate (not comparable)
- (obsolete) aforementioned
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , line 42:Having ever seen in the prenominate crimes