предварять

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣдъварꙗти (prědŭvarjati). Synchoronically analyzable as пред- (pred-) +‎ вар- (var-) +‎ -ять (-jatʹ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [prʲɪdvɐˈrʲætʲ]

Verb

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предваря́ть (predvarjátʹimpf (perfective предвари́ть)

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

Conjugation

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