Definition of before

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

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Antepone :: Antepone (v. t.) To put before; to prefer.
Toforn :: Toforn (prep.) Before.
Sponge :: Sponge (n.) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven..
Usher :: Usher (n.) An officer or servant who has the care of the door of a court, hall, chamber, or the like; hence, an officer whose business it is to introduce strangers, or to walk before a person of rank. Also, one who escorts persons to seats in a church, theater, etc..
Betimes :: Betimes (adv.) In good season or time; before it is late; seasonably; early.
Preexistentism :: Preexistentism (n.) The theory of a preexistence of souls before their association with human bodies.
Prescient :: Prescient (a.) Having knowledge of coming events; foreseeing; conscious beforehand.
Prosecution :: Prosecution (n.) The institution, or commencement, and continuance of a criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges against an offender before a legal tribunal, and pursuing them to final judgment on behalf of the state or government, as by indictment or information..
Prefix :: Prefix (v. t.) To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition to an agreement..
Counterguard :: Counterguard (n.) A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire..
Avant-courier :: Avant-courier (n.) A person dispatched before another person or company, to give notice of his or their approach..
Prophetical :: Prophetical (a.) Containing, or pertaining to, prophecy; foretelling events; as, prophetic writings; prophetic dreams; -- used with of before the thing foretold..
Preresolve :: Preresolve (v. t. & i.) To resolve beforehand; to predetermine.
Toast :: Toast (v.) Bread dried and browned before a fire, usually in slices; also, a kind of food prepared by putting slices of toasted bread into milk, gravy, etc..
Prewarn :: Prewarn (v. t. & i.) To warn beforehand; to forewarn.
Appose :: Appose (v. t.) To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another).
Lawsuit :: Lawsuit (n.) An action at law; a suit in equity or admiralty; any legal proceeding before a court for the enforcement of a claim.
Doorstep :: Doorstep (n.) The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door.
Preestablishment :: Preestablishment (n.) Settlement beforehand.
Brazil Wood :: Brazil wood () The wood of the oriental Caesalpinia Sapan; -- so called before the discovery of America.
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