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Anteprandial :: Anteprandial (a.) Preceding dinner.

Precontract :: Precontract (n.) A contract preceding anothe.

Yesterday :: Yesterday (adv.) On the day last past; on the day preceding to-day; as, the affair took place yesterday..

Eve :: Eve (n.) The evening before a holiday, -- from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset. not at midnight; as, Christians eve is the evening before Christmas; also, the period immediately preceding some important event..

Precedent :: Precedent (n.) A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign..

Antecedaneous :: Antecedaneous (a.) Antecedent; preceding in time.

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..

Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) Later, the day and the night preceding a feast..

Before :: Before (prep.) In front of; preceding in space; ahead of; as, to stand before the fire; before the house..

Aforesaid :: Aforesaid (a.) Said before, or in a preceding part; already described or identified..

Quadragesima :: Quadragesima (n.) The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent.

Thursday :: Thursday (n.) The fifth day of the week, following Wednesday and preceding Friday..

Precursory :: Precursory (a.) Preceding as a precursor or harbinger; indicating something to follow; as, precursory symptoms of a fever..

Whiting :: Whiting (n.) A North American fish (Merlucius vulgaris) allied to the preceding; -- called also silver hake.

Catchword :: Catchword (n.) Among theatrical performers, the last word of the preceding speaker, which reminds one that he is to speak next; cue..

Succession :: Succession (n.) The right to enter upon the possession of the property of an ancestor, or one near of kin, or one preceding in an established order..

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

Afar :: Afar (adv.) At, to, or from a great distance; far away; -- often used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off..

Enclitical :: Enclitical (v. i.) Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word..

Predecessive :: Predecessive (a.) Going before; preceding.

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