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Preadamite :: Preadamite (n.) One who holds that men existed before Adam.

Stepbrother :: Step- () A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, etc., to indicate that the person thus spoken of is not a blood relative, but is a relative by the marriage of a parent; as, a stepmother to X is the wife of the father of X, married by him after the death of the mother of X. See Stepchild, Stepdaughter, Stepson, etc..

Foreadvise :: Foreadvise (v. t.) To advise or counsel before the time of action, or before the event..

Angry :: Angry (superl.) Touched with anger; under the emotion of anger; feeling resentment; enraged; -- followed generally by with before a person, and at before a thing..

Premium :: Premium (n.) A reward or recompense; a prize to be won by being before another, or others, in a competition; reward or prize to be adjudged; a bounty; as, a premium for good behavior or scholarship, for discoveries, etc..

Centenary :: Centenary (n.) A commemoration or celebration of an event which occurred a hundred years before.

Disqualify :: Disqualify (v. t.) To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with for or from before the purpose, state, or act..

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..

Judge :: "Judge (v. t.) To hear and determine by authority, as a case before a court, or a controversy between two parties..

Wash :: Wash (n.) The fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.

Soon :: Soon (adv.) Without the usual delay; before any time supposed; early.

Gingham :: Gingham (n.) A kind of cotton or linen cloth, usually in stripes or checks, the yarn of which is dyed before it is woven; -- distinguished from printed cotton or prints..

Postea :: Postea (n.) The return of the judge before whom a cause was tried, after a verdict, of what was done in the cause, which is indorsed on the nisi prius record..

Forelay :: Forelay (v. t.) To lay down beforehand.

Alestake :: Alestake (n.) A stake or pole projecting from, or set up before, an alehouse, as a sign; an alepole. At the end was commonly suspended a garland, a bunch of leaves, or a bush..

Bare :: Bare (a.) Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; -- used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away; as, a room bare of furniture..

Therebefore :: Therebefore (adv.) Alt. of Therebifor.

Erst :: Erst (adv.) Previously; before; formerly; heretofore.

Spinner :: Spinnaker (n.) A large triangular sail set upon a boom, -- used when running before the wind..

Advanced :: Advanced (a.) In the front or before others, as regards progress or ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers..

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