preaction

See also: pre-action

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ action.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹiˈækʃən/

Noun

preaction (countable and uncountable, plural preactions)

1. previous action
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     Now, if an iron be touched before, it varieth not in this manner; for then it admits not this magnetical impression, as being already informed by the loadstone, and polarily determined by its preaction.

Anagrams

• captioner, precation, recaption