predial

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   of, relating to, or derived from land, landed property, or agriculture

   The predial tax was assessed on the value of the estate rather than on its owner's income.

2. 2
   adj

   in civil law, attached to land rather than to a particular person

   A predial servitude binds one parcel of land for the benefit of another.

3. 3
   verb

   to dial a telephone number in advance

   The system can predial the number before transferring the call to an operator.

The land adjective is a variant of praedial, from Medieval Latin praedialis, from Latin praedium ('farm, estate'). The unrelated telephone verb is the modern formation pre- + dial.

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