Definition of before

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Before (prep.) Open for; free of access to; in the power of.

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Predict :: Predict (v. t.) To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet..
Original :: Original (a.) Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter..
Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) Originally, the watch kept on the night before a feast..
Flat :: Flat (n.) A character [/] before a note, indicating a tone which is a half step or semitone lower..
Aforecited :: Aforecited (a.) Named or quoted before.
Di- :: Di- () A prefix denoting through; also, between, apart, asunder, across. Before a vowel dia-becomes di-; as, diactinic; dielectric, etc..
Foreprize :: Foreprize (v. t.) To prize or rate beforehand.
Superfete :: Superfetation (n.) The formation of a fetus at the result of an impregnation occurring after another impregnation but before the birth of the offspring produced by it. This is possible only when there is a double uterus, or where menstruation persists up to the time of the second impregnation..
Foreright :: Foreright (a.) Ready; directly forward; going before.
Repass :: Repass (v. i.) To pass or go back; to move back; as, troops passing and repassing before our eyes..
Premunite :: Premunite (v. t.) To fortify beforehand; to guard against objection.
Testify :: Testify (v. t.) To affirm or declare under oath or affirmation before a tribunal, in order to prove some fact..
Introit :: Introit (n.) A psalm sung or chanted immediately before the collect, epistle, and gospel, and while the priest is entering within the rails of the altar..
Prelibation :: Prelibation (n.) A pouring out, or libation, before tasting..
Betimes :: Betimes (adv.) In good season or time; before it is late; seasonably; early.
Signboard :: Signboard (n.) A board, placed on or before a shop, office, etc., on which ssome notice is given, as the name of a firm, of a business, or the like..
Hind :: Hind (a.) In the rear; -- opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as, the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession..
Provide :: Provide (v. t.) To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare..
En- :: En- () A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words, chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words are written indifferently with en-or in-. For ease of pronunciation it is commonly changed to em-before p, b, and m, as in employ, embody, emmew. It is sometimes used to give a causal force, as in enable, enfeeble, to cause to be, or to make, able, or feeble; and sometimes merely gives an intensive force, as in enchasten. See In-..
Pioneer :: Pioneer (n.) One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform..
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