preprogram - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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From pre- +‎ program.

preprogram (third-person singular simple present preprograms, present participle preprogramming or (rare) preprograming, simple past and past participle preprogrammed or (rare) preprogramed) (transitive)

  1. To program something in advance.
  2. To predispose to certain thoughts or behaviours.

    hard-wired behavior, or behavior that a dog's genetics have preprogrammed him to do

program something in advance

predispose to certain thoughts or behaviours