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Ceding :: Ceding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ced.

Halloween :: Halloween (n.) The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day.

Preceding :: Preceding (a.) In the direction toward which stars appear to move. See Following, 2..

Retrocession :: Retrocession (n.) The act of retroceding.

Preceding :: Preceding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preced.

Accedence :: Accedence (n.) The act of acceding.

Concession :: Concession (n.) The act of conceding or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request, and thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary or spontaneous..

Divergency :: Divergency (n.) A receding from each other in moving from a common center; the state of being divergent; as, an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines..

Receding :: Receding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reced.

Recess :: Recess (n.) Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc..

Prefecundation :: Prefecundation (n.) A term collectively applied to the changes or conditions preceding fecundation, especially to the changes which the ovum undergoes before fecundation..

Reduplication :: Reduplication (n.) A figure in which the first word of a verse is the same as the last word of the preceding verse.

Follow :: Follow (v. t.) To watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in progress, as a speech, musical performance, etc.; also, to keep up with; to understand the meaning, connection, or force of, as of a course of thought or argument..

Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast.

Comet :: Comet (n.) A member of the solar system which usually moves in an elongated orbit, approaching very near to the sun in its perihelion, and receding to a very great distance from it at its aphelion. A comet commonly consists of three parts: the nucleus, the envelope, or coma, and the tail; but one or more of these parts is frequently wanting. See Illustration in Appendix..

Hereinbefore :: Hereinbefore (adv.) In the preceding part of this (writing, document, book, etc.)..

Associate :: Associate (a.) Connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate motions, such as occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions..

Old :: Old (superl.) Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding; original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise..

Prior :: Prior (a.) Preceding in the order of time; former; antecedent; anterior; previous; as, a prior discovery; prior obligation; -- used elliptically in cases like the following: he lived alone [in the time] prior to his marriage..

Rhopalic :: Rhopalic (a.) Applied to a line or verse in which each successive word has one more syllable than the preceding.

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