Definition of previous

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Previous (a.) Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness..

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Retract :: Retract (v. t.) To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke..
Preintimation :: Preintimation (n.) Previous intimation; a suggestion beforehand.
Preexistimation :: Preexistimation (n.) Previous esteem or estimation.
Prededication :: Prededication (n.) A dedication made previously or beforehand.
Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment..
Previous :: Previous (a.) Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness..
Prediscovery :: Prediscovery (n.) A previous discovery.
Apostrophe :: Apostrophe (n.) A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of Paradise Lost..
Premeditation :: Premeditation (n.) The act of meditating or contriving beforehand; previous deliberation; forethought.
Extemporaneous :: Extemporaneous (a.) Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; extempore; extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or production..
Precondition :: Precondition (n.) A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition.
Preengage :: Preengage (v. t.) To engage by previous contract; to bind or attach previously; to preoccupy.
Demonstration :: Demonstration (n.) A course of reasoning showing that a certain result is a necessary consequence of assumed premises; -- these premises being definitions, axioms, and previously established propositions..
Preconcerted :: Preconcerted (a.) Previously arranged; agreed upon beforehand.
That :: That (pron., a., conj., & adv.) As a demonstrative pronoun (pl. Those), that usually points out, or refers to, a person or thing previously mentioned, or supposed to be understood. That, as a demonstrative, may precede the noun to which it refers; as, that which he has said is true; those in the basket are good apples..
Reconsider :: Reconsider (v. t.) To take up for renewed consideration, as a motion or a vote which has been previously acted upon..
Preconsent :: Preconsent (n.) A previous consent.
Presupposition :: Presupposition (n.) That which is presupposed; a previous supposition or surmise.
Sudden :: Sudden (a.) Happening without previous notice or with very brief notice; coming unexpectedly, or without the common preparation; immediate; instant; speedy..
Previously :: Previously (adv.) Beforehand; antecedently; as, a plan previously formed..
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