Definition of before

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Before (prep.) In presence or sight of; face to face with; facing.

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Predecessive :: Predecessive (a.) Going before; preceding.
Present :: Present (a.) To exhibit or offer to view or notice; to lay before one's perception or cognizance; to set forth; to present a fine appearance.
Preantenultimate :: Preantenultimate (a.) Being or indicating the fourth syllable from the end of a word, or that before the antepenult..
None :: None (a.) No; not any; -- used adjectively before a vowel, in old style; as, thou shalt have none assurance of thy life..
Preclude :: Preclude (v.) To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede..
Stripling :: Strip-leaf (n.) Tobacco which has been stripped of its stalks before packing.
Precipitate :: Precipitate (a.) Lacking due deliberation or care; hurried; said or done before the time; as, a precipitate measure..
Cadence :: Cadence (n.) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy..
Forerun :: Forerun (v. t.) To come before as an earnest of something to follow; to introduce as a harbinger; to announce.
Prenunciation :: Prenunciation (n.) The act of announcing or proclaiming beforehand.
Exception :: Exception (n.) An objection, oral or written, taken, in the course of an action, as to bail or security; or as to the decision of a judge, in the course of a trail, or in his charge to a jury; or as to lapse of time, or scandal, impertinence, or insufficiency in a pleading; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts something before granted..
Cote :: Cote (v. t.) To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before; as, a dog cotes a hare..
Precocious :: Precocious (a.) Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees..
Premonstrate :: Premonstrate (v. t.) To show beforehand; to foreshow.
Preestablish :: Preestablish (v. t.) To establish beforehand.
Abroad :: Abroad (adv.) Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; widely.
Predeterminate :: Predeterminate (a.) Determined beforehand; as, the predeterminate counsel of God..
Deposition :: Deposition (n.) The act of bringing before the mind; presentation.
Anterior :: Anterior (a.) Before in time; antecedent.
Parallel :: Parallel (n.) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress..
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