A prefix denoting priority (of time, place or rank); as, precede, to go before; precursor, a forerunner; prefix, to fix or place before; preeminent eminent before or above others. Pre- is sometimes used intensively, as in prepotent, very potent.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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