Preenact

//pɹi.ɛnækt// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To enact in advance. transitive

    "But the event at the Last Supper was indeed a sacrifice, precisely because it preenacted the sacrifice on Calvary."

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"But the event at the Last Supper was indeed a sacrifice, precisely because it preenacted the sacrifice on Calvary."

Etymology

From pre- + enact.

Related phrases

in advance

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