† preˈjudical, a. Obs. rare.
[app. f. L. præjūdicāre (see prejudicate v.) + -al1. (But perhaps only erroneous for prejudicial.)]
1. = prejudicial a.1 1.
| 1594 Parsons Confer. Success. i. viii. 196 He ought to enjoy his preheminence, but yet so, that he be not preiudical therby to the whole body. 1745 De Foe's Eng. Tradesman v. (1841) I. 33 To be limited so as not to be prejudical to business. 1791 St. Papers in Ann. Reg. 129 Those abuses were no less prejudical to the monarch than to the nation. |
2. = pre-judicial a.2
| 1864 Webster s.v., A prejudical enquiry or action at law. |