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preconˈcerted, ppl. a. [f. prec. vb. + -ed1.] Concerted or agreed upon beforehand.
1766Blackstone Comm. II. viii. 136 Upon preconcerted marriages, and in estates of considerable consequence, tenancy in dower happens very seldom. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. IV. vii. 211 They do not go singly to work, but in large companies and with preconcerted deliberation. 1840Dickens Barn. Rudge lxvii, As though the setting in of night had been their preconcerted signal. Hence preconˈcertedly adv. (Worcester Dict. 1846 cites Dr. Allen); preconˈcertedness.
1819Coleridge in Lit. Rem. (1836) II. 168 The rhymes..well express the preconcertedness of Bolingbroke's scheme. |