Verbs

• precipitate — Verb – English ～ fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
• precipitate — Verb – English ～ fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"
• precipitate — Verb – English ～ bring about abruptly; "The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution"
• precipitate — Verb – English ～ hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below"
• precis — Verb – English ～ make a summary (of)
• preclude — Verb – English ～ make impossible, especially beforehand
• preclude — Verb – English ～ keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"
• preconceive — Verb – English ～ conceive beforehand; "a preconceived notion"
• precondition — Verb – English ～ put into the required condition beforehand
• precook — Verb – English ～ cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long; "precook the rice"
• predate — Verb – English ～ prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs"
• predate — Verb – English ～ be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
• predate — Verb – English ～ establish something as being earlier relative to something else
• predate — Verb – English ～ come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
• predecease — Verb – English ～ die before; die earlier than; "She predeceased her husband"
• predestinate — Verb – English ～ foreordain by divine will or decree
• predestine — Verb – English ～ foreordain by divine will or decree
• predestine — Verb – English ～ foreordain or determine beforehand
• predestine — Verb – English ～ decree or determine beforehand
• predetermine — Verb – English ～ cause to be biased

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