Definition of Preept
Pre*ëmpt" (?; 215), v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Preëmpted; p. pr.
& vb. n. Preëmpting.] [See
Preëmption.] To settle upon (public land) with a
right of preemption, as under the laws of the United States; to take
by preëmption.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- to appropriate something (before someone else does)
- to displace something, or take precedence over something
- to make a preemptive bid at bridge
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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