preëmptory

See also: preemptory

English

Alternative forms

• pre-emptory
• preemptory

Etymology

From preëmpt +‎ -ory (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹiːˈɛmpt.əˌɹi/

Adjective

preëmptory (comparative more preëmptory, superlative most preëmptory)

1. Serving to preëmpt.
2. Of, or relating to, a preëmptor.

Quotations

• 1863, Donald Grant Mitchell, My Farm of Edgewood: A Country Book, page 105:

  But with this, and all other aids — among which I may name the loose preëmptory reflections and suggestions of certain adjoining farmers — I was by no means proud of the appearance of the little herd of twelve or fourteen cows with which operations were to commence.

• 1926, S.S. McClure Co., McClure’s Magazine, page 380:

  We pulls into Coal Creek late that night, and then he suddenly gets all-fired preëmptory.

• 2003, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Theosophical Quarterly Magazine 1907, page 40:

  The King sent preëmptory instructions to his Ambassador at Rome, Cardinal D’Estrees, to enter the lists against Molinos and to do everything in his power to ruin him.

Related terms

• preëmpt
• preëmptible
• preëmption
• preëmptioner
• preëmptive
• preëmptively
• preëmptor

References

• “preëmptory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. - see page 1128.

Anagrams

• peremptory