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Deposition :: Deposition (n.) The act of laying down one's testimony in writing; also, testimony laid or taken down in writing, under oath or affirmation, before some competent officer, and in reply to interrogatories and cross-interrogatories..

High :: High (superl.) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high..

Yer :: Yer (prep.) Ere; before.

Less :: Less (a.) Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter; inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse of less size or value; in less time than before..

Preconcert :: Preconcert (v. t.) To concert or arrange beforehand; to settle by previous agreement.

Precession :: Precession (n.) The act of going before, or forward..

Stripling :: Strip-leaf (n.) Tobacco which has been stripped of its stalks before packing.

Antechamber :: Antechamber (n.) A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby..

Premature :: Premature (a.) Mature or ripe before the proper time; as, the premature fruits of a hotbed..

Focimeter :: Focimeter (n.) An assisting instrument for focusing an object in or before a camera.

Spoon :: Spoom (v. i.) To be driven steadily and swiftly, as before a strong wind; to be driven before the wind without any sail, or with only a part of the sails spread; to scud under bare poles..

Ante- :: Ante- () A Latin preposition and prefix; akin to Gr. 'anti`, Skr. anti, Goth. and-, anda- (only in comp.), AS. and-, ond-, (only in comp.: cf. Answer, Along), G. ant-, ent- (in comp.). The Latin ante is generally used in the sense of before, in regard to position, order, or time, and the Gr. 'anti` in that of opposite, or in the place of..

Auspicate :: Auspicate (v. t.) To give a favorable turn to in commencing; to inaugurate; -- a sense derived from the Roman practice of taking the auspicium, or inspection of birds, before undertaking any important business..

Forerecited :: Forerecited (a.) Named or recited before.

Preordain :: Preordain (v. t.) To ordain or appoint beforehand: to predetermine: to foreordain.

Hobit :: Hobit (n.) A small mortar on a gun carriage, in use before the howitzer..

Swainship :: Swainmote (n.) A court held before the verders of the forest as judges, by the steward of the court, thrice every year, the swains, or freeholders, within the forest composing the jury..

Upbraid :: Upbraid (v. t.) To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; -- followed by with or for, and formerly of, before the thing imputed..

Bespeak :: Bespeak (v. t.) To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor..

Diaspore :: Diaspore (n.) A hydrate of alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masses with brilliant pearly luster; -- so named on account of its decrepitating when heated before the blowpipe..

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