prestate
English
editEtymology 1
editAdjective
editprestate (not comparable)
Noun
editprestate (plural prestates)
- (computer science) The state that exists before an operation.
Etymology 2
editFrom Latin praestatus, from Latin praestō (“I provide, show, vouch for”). Compare also prest, imprest, prestation, prestable.
Verb
editprestate (third-person singular simple present prestates, present participle prestating, simple past and past participle prestated)
- (transitive, law, otherwise archaic) To assume responsibility for, undertake.
- (transitive, law, otherwise archaic) To indemnify, guarantee, secure (against loss or legal liability).
- (transitive, law, otherwise archaic) To vouch for, support.
References
edit- “prestate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “prestate, v.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
editInterlingua
editParticiple
editprestate
Italian
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editprestate
- inflection of prestare:
Etymology 2
editParticiple
editprestate f pl
Anagrams
editSpanish
editVerb
editprestate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of prestar combined with te
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