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preconfigure, v.|-ˈfɪgjʊə(r)| [f. pre- A. 1 + configure v.] trans. To configure in advance; to conform or adapt in figure beforehand.
1809–10Coleridge Friend (1818) I. 293 It was the aweful power of Law, acting on natures pre-configured to its influences. 1835J. Harris Gt. Teacher (1837) 237 Wherever the Bible comes, it finds our nature preconfigured to many of its truths. 1882–3Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. III. 1723 The country was preconfigured to its history. Hence preconfiguˈration rare—1.
a1860in Nonconformist, He sees the preconfiguration of human nature to spiritual truth. |