See also: prevét

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Etymology

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From pre- +‎ vet.

Verb

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prevet (third-person singular simple present prevets, present participle prevetting, simple past and past participle prevetted)

  1. (transitive) To vet or check in advance.
    • 2009, Lee A. Bygrave, Jon Bing, Internet governance: infrastructure and institutions, page 210:
      The first is that, in part, Nominet took over the operation of .uk precisely because prevetting of domain names was not working.

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