pretreat

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ treat.

Verb

pretreat (third-person singular simple present pretreats, present participle pretreating, simple past and past participle pretreated)

1. (transitive) To give something a treatment prior to another operation.

Related terms

• pretreated
• pretreatment

Translations

pretreat

• Finnish: esikäsitellä
• Greek: προεπεξεργάζομαι (proepexergázomai)
• Italian: pretrattare

Anagrams

• Perretta, patterer