pre-ackˈnowledge, v.
[pre- A. 1.]
trans. To acknowledge beforehand or as a preliminary. Hence pre-ackˈnowledged ppl. a.
| 1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 67 A preacknowledged Infallibility strengthen'd by a long Possession. Ibid. 655 Had there not been some preacknowledg'd power to ground and countenance such a demand. |