preimpose

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ impose

Verb

preimpose (third-person singular simple present preimposes, present participle preimposing, simple past and past participle preimposed)

  1. To impose ahead of time.
    • 1980, Disposal of Low-level Radioactive Biomedical Wastes, page 25:
      Indeed, the application of such procedures to raw data to produce dose-response curves tor examination and extrapolation tends to preimpose linearity.
    • 1986, Ira B. Nadel, Biography: Fiction, Fact and Form, →ISBN, page 85:
      It furthermore confirms, as James A. Davies has shown, that when drawn to contemporaries, Forster did not preimpose ideas upon his material as he did with those of the past, but presented 'honest revelation' bordering on explicitness.
    • 2000, Kenneth L. Carper, Forensic Engineering, →ISBN, page 312:
      Do not preimpose a subtopical order. Do not worry if a question seems repetitive; you will sort that out a bit later.

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