Pre-dead

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not yet dead. not-comparable

    "As always Mullen speaks for the dead, the pre-dead, and the after-dead:"

  2. 2
    Not yet dead.; Dying; moribund; terminally ill. not-comparable

    "Garbage removal in and around private pre-dead rats initially low."

  3. 3
    Not yet dead.; Doomed to die soon; not-comparable

    "he had enough time to marry and rear children, but that given statistics and his lengthy family history, life beyond 45 seemed unlikely. After 40, he began to view his life as "pre-dead.""

  4. 4
    Not yet dead.; Alive not-comparable

    "Then the man told Mamet what he fed the anaconda: "pre-dead chickens.""

Example

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"As always Mullen speaks for the dead, the pre-dead, and the after-dead:"

Etymology

From pre- + dead.

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