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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
precontract .
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Examples
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Develop better oil spill response plan for worst-case scenarios -- with equipment ready to go, precontracted responders trained and drilled, protocols established for dispersants and burning, and regional citizens advisory councils.
Gulf Oil Spill: Rick Steiner Got BP Disaster Right From The Beginning, Warns Crisis Is Far From Over 2010
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Richard declares that the marriage between the queen, Elizabeth Woodville, and King Edward was never valid, as Edward was precontracted to another lady before he married Elizabeth in secret.
The Red Queen Philippa Gregory 2010
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Fifa aims to have 55,000 precontracted rooms for the tournament and
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We purchased a small cylinder of nitric oxide gas, made a dilution in nitrogen (nitric oxide is very unstable in the presence of oxygen), and injected a fine stream of gas bubbles into an organ bath in which was mounted a strip of bovine coronary artery precontracted by addition of phenylephrine.
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I found that it only produced contractions, whether it was added to resting strips or strips precontracted with some other agent.
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'Your life is saved!' he said desperately, 'for if you were precontracted to Dearham your marriage with me is void.
The Fifth Queen Crowned Ford Madox Ford 1906
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'All this afternoon I have wrestled with a woman to make her say that you are older than your age, and precontracted to a cousin of yours.
The Fifth Queen Crowned Ford Madox Ford 1906
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