præ-emption

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præ-emption (countable and uncountable, plural præ-emptions)

  1. Obsolete spelling of pre-emption.
    • 1703, Joseph Gander, The Glory of Her Sacred Majesty Queen Anne, page 104:
      By the Benefit of which Præ-emption alone, (nevertheleſs ’tis hoped) that about Twenty thouſand pound Sterling per Year or more, may be eaſily raiſed as a Fund or Stock […]
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