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precess

pre·cess [ prə séss ] (past and past participle pre·cessed, present participle pre·cess·ing, 3rd person present singular pre·cess·es)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
move in precession: to spin with a motion in which the axis of rotation describes a cone, or make something spin in this way

[Late 19th century. Back-formation <precession]
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