Definition of before

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Before (prep.) Prior or preceding in dignity, order, rank, right, or worth; rather than..

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Preposition :: Preposition (n.) A word employed to connect a noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word; a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word; -- so called because usually placed before the word with which it is phrased; as, a bridge of iron; he comes from town; it is good for food; he escaped by running..
Forearm :: Forearm (v. t.) To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need.
Forecited :: Forecited (a.) Cited or quoted before or above.
Mount :: Mount (v.) A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always instead of mountain, when put before a proper name; as, Mount Washington; otherwise, chiefly in poetry..
Foremeant :: Foremeant (a.) Intended beforehand; premeditated.
Asper :: Asper (n.) The rough breathing; a mark (/) placed over an initial vowel sound or over / to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it; thus ws, pronounced h/s, rh`twr, pronounced hrat/r..
Token :: Token (n.) A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.
Before :: Before (prep.) Prior or preceding in dignity, order, rank, right, or worth; rather than..
Preceding :: Preceding (a.) Going before; -- opposed to following.
Uncoformability :: Uncoformability (n.) Want of parallelism between one series of strata and another, especially when due to a disturbance of the position of the earlier strata before the latter were deposited..
Synacme :: Syn- () A prefix meaning with, along with, together, at the same time. Syn- becomes sym- before p, b, and m, and syl- before l..
Recitation :: Recitation (n.) The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so delivered..
Beyond :: Beyond (prep.) At a place or time not yet reached; before.
Foresaid :: Foresaid (a.) Mentioned before; aforesaid.
Coction :: Coction (n.) The change which the humorists believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination.
Arraign :: Arraign (v. t.) To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal..
Precede :: Precede (v. t.) To go before in place, rank, or importance..
Cogitable :: Cogitable (a.) Capable of being brought before the mind as a thought or idea; conceivable; thinkable.
Preindispose :: Preindispose (v. t.) To render indisposed beforehand.
Extortion :: Extortion (n.) The offense committed by an officer who corruptly claims and takes, as his fee, money, or other thing of value, that is not due, or more than is due, or before it is due..
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