SINCE 1828
pretreat
verb
pre·treat
| \ ˌprē-ˈtrēt
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variants:
or pre-treat
pretreated
or pre-treated;
pretreating
or pre-treating
Definition of pretreat
: to treat previously : to subject to pretreatment
pretreat the stain before washing pretreated the roads with sand/salt before the snowstorm pretreating wastewater … he now pretreats patients with medicines to counter possible reactions.— Elisabeth Rosenthal
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pretreat
transitive verb
pre·treat
| \ -ˈtrēt
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Medical Definition of pretreat
: to subject to pretreatment
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