Definition of before

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Before (prep.) In front of; preceding in space; ahead of; as, to stand before the fire; before the house..

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High :: High (superl.) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high..
Forecited :: Forecited (a.) Cited or quoted before or above.
Dravida :: Dravida (n. pl.) A race of Hindostan, believed to be the original people who occupied the land before the Hindoo or Aryan invasion..
Prepose :: Prepose (v. t.) To place or set before; to prefix.
Precalculate :: Precalculate (v. t.) To calculate or determine beforehand; to prearrange.
File :: File (v. t.) To bring before a court or legislative body by presenting proper papers in a regular way; as, to file a petition or bill..
Nonage :: Nonage (n.) Time of life before a person becomes of age; legal immaturity; minority.
Relay :: Relay (n.) A supply of anything arranged beforehand for affording relief from time to time, or at successive stages; provision for successive relief..
Weary :: Weary (superl.) Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick; -- with of before the cause; as, weary of marching, or of confinement; weary of study..
Preadamite :: Preadamite (n.) An inhabitant of the earth before Adam.
Preelect :: Preelect (v. t.) To elect beforehand.
Dogshore :: Dogshore (n.) One of several shores used to hold a ship firmly and prevent her moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching.
Co- :: Co- () A form of the prefix com-, signifying with, together, in conjunction, joint. It is used before vowels and some consonants. See Com-..
Protest :: Protest (v.) A declaration made by a party, before or while paying a tax, duty, or the like, demanded of him, which he deems illegal, denying the justice of the demand, and asserting his rights and claims, in order to show that the payment was not voluntary..
Proteranthous :: Proteranthous (a.) Having flowers appearing before the leaves; -- said of certain plants.
Antedate :: Antedate (v. t.) To date before the true time; to assign to an earlier date; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to give it a date anterior to the true time of its execution..
Since :: Since (adv.) In the time past, counting backward from the present; before this or now; ago..
Elder :: Elder (a.) Born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier; older; as, his elder brother died in infancy; -- opposed to younger, and now commonly applied to a son, daughter, child, brother, etc..
Overrun :: Overrun (v. t.) To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page into the next after, or next before..
Forecast :: Forecast (v. i.) To contrive or plan beforehand.
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