Synonyms for prepatent
- hidden
- likely
- possible
- probable
- budding
- future
- abeyant
- conceivable
- dormant
- embryonic
- imaginable
- implied
- inherent
- latent
- lurking
- plausible
- quiescent
- thinkable
- undeveloped
- unrealized
- within realm of possibility
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WORD ORIGIN
late 14c., "open letter or document from some authority," shortened form of Anglo-French lettre patent (also in Medieval Latin (litteræ) patentes), literally "open letter" (late 13c.), from Old French patente (see patent (adj.).
Meaning "a license covering an invention" is from 1580s.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR PREPATENT
dormant
adjectiveinactive; sleepingmore potential
adjectivepromisingRoget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
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