| Flashcards: Latin Dereivatives |
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preemptive
1) of or pertaining to the act or right of purchasing before others or in preference to others; 2) taken as a means of preventing an action by others:
In October of 2002 the United States Congress authorized President George W. Bush to take preemptive military action against Iraq.
Related English words: preempt, preemption, preemptor, preemptory
Latin root words: emo, emere, emi, emptus - to take; buy; emptio, emptionis, f. - a purchase; emptito, emptitare, emptitavi, emptitatus - to buy; emptor, emptoris, m. - buyer
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