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prelibation

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pre⋅li⋅ba⋅tion

  [pree-lahy-bey-shuhn]
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–noun
a foretaste.
Origin:
1520–30; < LL praelībātiōn- (s. of praelībātiō) a foretaste, anticipation, equiv. to praelībāt(us) (ptp. of praelībāre to taste beforehand) + -iōn- -ion. See pre-, libation
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pre·li·ba·tion   (prē'lī-bā'shən)   
n.  A foretaste.

[Latin praelībātiō, praelībātiōn-, from praelībātus, past participle of praelībāre, to taste beforehand : prae-, pre- + lībāre, pour out, to taste.]
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