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primed
/pɹaɪmd/
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What does primed mean?
verb
- simple past and past participle of prime
adjective
- Prepared for use or action.
- Approaching a state of drunkenness.
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IPA pronunciation
/pɹaɪmd/
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Marian, primed to a humorous mood, would discover the queer-shaped flints aforesaid, and shriek with laughter, Tess remaining severely obtuse.
He primed the pistol and added more powder to what was already in the pan.
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A touch-hole was bored into the barrel of the key, with a sliding brass collar that allowed the key-guns to be loaded and primed and ready for firing.
I jumped out and came as near running as I durst, with a big silk handkerchief under my hat for coolness’ sake and a brace of pistols ready primed for safety.
But this does not explain HOW the changes in glands MAKE the animal seek this or that, except by saying that the animal has hereditary structures all primed to explode in the right way.