prestate

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From pre- + state.

prestate (not comparable)

1. Prior to status as a state.
2. More primitive than a state.

prestate (plural prestates)

1. (computer science) The state that exists before an operation.

From Latin praestatus, from Latin praestō (“to provide, show, vouch for”). Compare also prest, imprest, prestation, prestable.

prestate (third-person singular simple present prestates, present participle prestating, simple past and past participle prestated)

1. (transitive, law, otherwise archaic) To assume responsibility for, undertake.
2. (transitive, law, otherwise archaic) To indemnify, guarantee, secure (against loss or legal liability).
3. (transitive, law, otherwise archaic) To vouch for, support.

• “prestate”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “prestate, v.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

• Tarpetes, pretaste, rapettes, tapester

prestate

1. past participle of prestar

prestate

1. inflection of prestare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

prestate f pl

1. feminine plural of prestato

• asprette, pretesta, spettare, spetterà, spretate, sterpate

prestate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of prestar combined with te