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prepatent

adj

Etymology

From pre- + patent.

  1. derived from patentes lettres — “document granting an office, privilege, right, etc., or making a decree”
  2. derived from lettres patentes
  3. derived from lettres patentes
  4. derived from patente
  5. inherited from patent — “document granting an office, property, right, title, etc.; document granting permission, licence; papal indulgence, pardon”
  6. prefixed as prepatent — “pre + patent”

Definitions

  1. Before symptoms (especially of infection) become manifest.

  2. Prior to the existence of a legal patent.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA