precompose

To compose beforehand.

Verb

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

Origin

From pre- + compose.

Forms

precomposes precomposing precomposed

Antonyms

postcompose

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