prefire

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From pre- +‎ fire.

Adjective

prefire (not comparable)

1. Before the occurrence of a fire.
   • 2007, Francis L. Brannigan, Glenn P. Corbett, Brannigan's Building Construction for the Fire Service, page 6:

     Francis Brannigan's great interest in prefire planning was forced by necessity. All of a sudden, as a naval officer, he had responsibilities for lives and property for which he was totally unprepared.

Etymology 2

Verb

prefire (third-person singular simple present prefires, present participle prefiring, simple past and past participle prefired)

1. Alternative form of pre-fire.

Galician

Verb

prefire

1. inflection of preferir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative