Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See alienation-office.
  • To limit or define beforehand; assign beforehand as a limit.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To limit beforehand.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete To limit beforehand.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Latin praefinire.

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    A New Look at Personalized News Michael Arrington 2005

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