verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

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Example

More examples

"On clothing, pretreat sticky spots with a stain remover before washing."

Etymology

From pre- + treat.

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