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Definition: PEREMPT |
PEREMPTTransitive verb1. To destroy; to defeat. |
Etymology: Perempt \Per*empt"\, transitive verb. [Latin expression peremptus, past participle of perimere to take away entirely, to destroy; per (see Per-) Old Latin emere to take. See Redeem.]. (Websters 1913) |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "PEREMPT": peremptorily, peremptoriness, peremptorinesses, peremptory. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: preempt. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-m-p-p-r-t" | |
-1 letter: temper. | |
-2 letters: meter, metre, peter, remet, retem. | |
-3 letters: meet, mere, mete, peep, peer, perm, perp, pert, pree, prep, repp, rete, teem, temp, term, tree. | |
-4 letters: eme, ere, met, pee, pep, per, pet, ree, rem, rep, ret, tee. | |
-5 letters: em, er, et, me, pe, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-m-p-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: preempts. | |
+2 letters: preempted, preemptor. | |
+3 letters: peppermint, peremptory, precompute, preempting, preemption, preemptive, preemptors, preemptory, prepayment, prestamped, suppertime. | |
+4 letters: pamphleteer, peppermints, pepperminty, precomputed, precomputer, precomputes, preemptions, prepayments, presumptive, suppertimes. | |
+5 letters: appraisement, epileptiform, imperceptive, impercipient, micropipette, mousetrapped, pamphleteers, peremptorily, precomputers, preeclamptic, preemptively, promptnesses, pteridosperm, supplementer. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 45 52 45 4D 50 54 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. . .-. . -- .--. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01000101 01010010 01000101 01001101 01010000 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P E R E M P T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0045 0052 0045 004D 0050 0054 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50395239475054 |
| 1. Definition 2. Derivations 3. Anagrams 4. Orthography | 5. Bibliography |
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