предварить

Russian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣдъварити (prědŭvariti). Synchoronically analyzable as пред- (pred-) +‎ вари́ть (varítʹ), ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *variti (to overtake)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [prʲɪdvɐˈrʲitʲ]

Verb edit

предвари́ть (predvarítʹpf (imperfective предваря́ть)

  1. to forestall, to anticipate
  2. to premise (with), to begin (by)
  3. to tell beforehand (about), (fore)to warn (of)

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