prestructure

verb

pre·​struc·​ture ˌprē-ˈstrək-chər 

variants or pre-structure

prestructured or pre-structured; prestructuring or pre-structuring

transitive verb

: to make (something) into or provide (something) with a structure in advance

… how much you should attempt to prestructure your methods …

—Joseph A. Maxwell

Some songs are prestructured, but the content is improvised …

—Elizabeth Bowers

… the theoretical model one chooses inevitably prestructures the terms of the debate …

—Monika Fludernik

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above