presentencing

presentencing

English

Etymology 1

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
English sentencing
English presentencing

    From pre- + sentencing.

    Adjective

    presentencing (not comparable)

    1. Occurring before sentencing.
      • 2007 April 15, “Did Anyone Ask About a Yacht?”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        Mr. Scrushy has been on presentencing release since a federal jury in Montgomery last year convicted him of bribing former Gov. Don Siegelman of Alabama.

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    presentencing

    1. present participle and gerund of presentence
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