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Webster 1913 Edition

Prerequisite

Pre-req′ui-site

,
Adj.
Previously required; necessary as a preliminary to any proposed effect or end;
as,
prerequisite
conditions of success
.

Pre-req′ui-site

,
Noun.
Something previously required, or necessary to an end or effect proposed.
The necessary
prerequisites
of freedom.
Goldsmith.

Webster 1828 Edition

Prerequisite

PREREQ'UISITE

,
Adj.
s as z. [pre and requisite.] Previously required or necessary to something subsequent; as, certain attainments are prerequisite to an admission or orders.

PREREQ'UISITE

,
Noun.
Something that is previously required or necessary to the end proposed. An acquaintance with Latin and Greek is a prerequisite to the admission of a young man into a college.

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