prejudicate
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- præjudicate (archaic)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin praeiūdicātus, past participle of praeiūdicō (“pre-judge”). Doublet of prejudge.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Adjective
- (UK) IPA(key): /pɹiːˈdʒuːdɪkət/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Verb
- (UK) IPA(key): /pɹiːˈdʒuːdɪkeɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]prejudicate (comparative more prejudicate, superlative most prejudicate)
- (obsolete) Prejudiced, biased. [16th–19th c.]
- 1650, Thomas Browne, chapter I, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 7:
- their works will be embraced by most that understand them, and their reasons enforce belief even from prejudicate Readers.
- Preconceived (of an opinion, idea etc.); formed before the event. [from 16th c.]
- 1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC:
- ignorances and prejudicate opinions
Verb
[edit]prejudicate (third-person singular simple present prejudicates, present participle prejudicating, simple past and past participle prejudicated)
- (transitive, intransitive, now rare) To determine beforehand, especially rashly; to prejudge. [from 16th c.]
- c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- the Florentine will moue vs
For speedie ayde: wherein our deerest friend
Preiudicates the businesse, and would seeme
To haue vs make deniall.
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