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Next :: Next (superl.) Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following in order.

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

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

Above-cited :: Above-cited (a.) Cited before, in the preceding part of a book or writing..

Saturday :: Saturday (n.) The seventh or last day of the week; the day following Friday and preceding Sunday.

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

Priority :: Priority (a.) The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application..

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

Before :: Before (prep.) Prior or preceding in dignity, order, rank, right, or worth; rather than..

Cheliform :: Cheliform (a.) Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike..

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..

Precedency :: Precedency (n.) The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another..

Proximate :: Proximate (a.) Nearest; next immediately preceding or following.

Kilting :: Kilting (n.) A perpendicular arrangement of flat, single plaits, each plait being folded so as to cover half the breadth of the preceding one..

Shrovetide :: Shrovetide (n.) The days immediately preceding Ash Widnesday, especially the period between the evening before Quinguagesima Sunday and the morning of Ash Wednesday..

Nineteenth :: Nineteenth (a.) Following the eighteenth and preceding the twentieth; coming after eighteen others.

Series :: Series (n.) An indefinite number of terms succeeding one another, each of which is derived from one or more of the preceding by a fixed law, called the law of the series; as, an arithmetical series; a geometrical series..

Tunicated :: Tunicated (a.) Having each joint buried in the preceding funnel-shaped one, as in certain antennae of insects..

Prelude :: Prelude (v. t.) An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.; especially (Mus.), a strain introducing the theme or chief subject; a movement introductory to a fugue, yet independent; -- with recent composers often synonymous with overture..

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

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