Definition of before

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

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Relay :: Relay (n.) A supply of anything arranged beforehand for affording relief from time to time, or at successive stages; provision for successive relief..
Provision :: Provision (n.) That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought together or arranged in advance; measures taken beforehand; preparation.
Future :: Future (a.) The possibilities of the future; -- used especially of prospective success or advancement; as, he had great future before him..
Forename :: Forename (v. t.) To name or mention before.
Predesign :: Predesign (v. t.) To design or purpose beforehand; to predetermine.
Preordain :: Preordain (v. t.) To ordain or appoint beforehand: to predetermine: to foreordain.
Spur :: Spur (n.) A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side..
Advance :: Advance (v.) A furnishing of something before an equivalent is received (as money or goods), towards a capital or stock, or on loan; payment beforehand; the money or goods thus furnished; money or value supplied beforehand..
Prelibation :: Prelibation (n.) A tasting beforehand, or by anticipation; a foretaste; as, a prelibation of heavenly bliss..
Before :: Before (adv.) Earlier; sooner than; until then.
Still :: Still (a.) In the future as now and before.
Ask :: Ask (v. t.) To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed..
Forethought :: Forethought (n.) A thinking or planning beforehand; prescience; premeditation; forecast; provident care.
Reconvention :: Reconvention (n.) A cross demand; an action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff before the same judge.
Handfast :: Handfast (v. t.) To pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in order to cohabitation, before the celebration of marriage..
Rathe :: Rathe (a.) Coming before others, or before the usual time; early..
Pretend :: Pretend (v. t.) To hold before one; to extend.
Discount :: Discount (v.) To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).
Abdest :: Abdest (n.) Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a Mohammedan rite.
Turn :: Turn (v. t.) To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of; to alter; to metamorphose; to convert; to transform; -- often with to or into before the word denoting the effect or product of the change; as, to turn a worm into a winged insect; to turn green to blue; to turn prose into verse; to turn a Whig to a Tory, or a Hindu to a Christian; to turn good to evil, and the like..
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