preinclude

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ include.

Verb

preinclude (third-person singular simple present preincludes, present participle preincluding, simple past and past participle preincluded)

  1. (transitive) To include beforehand.
    • November 10 1713, Samuel Clarke, letter to Joseph Butler
      [T]here cannot possibly be any notion of existence at all, but what shall necessarily preinclude the notion of that which has necessary existence.
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