premachine

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premachine (third-person singular simple present premachines, present participle premachining, simple past and past participle premachined)

(transitive) To machine in advance.
- 2007, Fred D. Barlow, III, Aicha Elshabini, Ceramic Interconnect Technology Handbook, page 275:
  In many cases, the simplest machining solution is to premachine the parts while still in the green state.