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Definition of Preforming
1. preform [v] - See also: preform
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preforming
Literary usage of Preforming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The involved process of preforming is not explained here because it has been
adequately described in detail elsewhere (6). However, it should be noted that ..."
2. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by Religious Education Association (1905)
"Rather than wait to find how the child is going to turn out, before receiving
it, it is better to begin preforming and shaping its life, by surrounding it ..."
3. Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology by Granville Stanley Hall (1904)
"... its good motives, preforming choices, and universalizing its sympathies.
RW Bullock ' classified and tabulated 2000 returns from schoolchildren from the ..."
4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1914)
"Plaintiff has constructed its road and has it in operation, thereby preforming
an important public function for a large und increasing population. ..."
5. History of Woman Suffrage by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage (1922)
"... Thompson and his brother, Harmon, Walter and Edward Dent, marched beside the
float, preforming valiant volunteer police duty when it became necessary. ..."