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語源 1

From pre- +‎ state.

形容詞

prestate (not comparable)

1. Prior to status as a state.
2. More primitive than a state.

名詞

prestate (plural prestates)

1. (computer science) The state that exists before an operation.

語源 2

From Latin praestatus, from Latin praestō (“to provide, show, vouch for”). Compare also prest, imprest, prestation, prestable.

動詞

prestate (third-person singular simple present prestates, present participle prestating, simple past and past participle prestated)

1. (transitive, law, otherwise archaic) To assume responsibility for, undertake.
2. (transitive, law, otherwise archaic) To indemnify, guarantee, secure (against loss or legal liability).
3. (transitive, law, otherwise archaic) To vouch for, support.

参照

• “prestate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “prestate, v.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

アナグラム

• Tarpetes, pretaste, rapettes, tapester