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adj. - (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed.

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  • Adjective : a prime requisite. ,a prime example. ,the prime authority on Chaucer. ,prime building lots. ,This ale is prime! ,prime...
  • Noun : the prime of youth. ,a man in his prime. ,a, a′
  • Verb (used with object) : The politician was primed by his aides for the press conference
  • I had been waiting for his call primed with a remark which had not occurred to me till after he had gone away.
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