precompose

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ compose.

Verb

precompose (third-person singular simple present precomposes, present participle precomposing, simple past and past participle precomposed)

1. (transitive) To compose beforehand.
   • 1708, Thomas Bennet, A Brief History of the Joint Use of Precompos'd Set Forms of Prayer:

     the precomposed Liturgy of St. Gregory

2. (transitive, mathematics) To apply (an operation) before another operation occurs.

Antonyms

• postcompose

References

• “precompose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.