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Webster 1913 Edition

[L.

praeter

past, beyond, originally a compar. of

prae

before. See

prep

A prefix signifying past, by, beyond, more than;

as,

preter-

mission, a permitting to go by;

preter

natural, beyond or more than is natural.

[Written also

præter

See also: prêter and preter

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