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

First :: First (a.) Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign..

Bastard :: Bastard (n.) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book..

After-note :: After-note (n.) One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from the preceding note..

Prevenient :: Prevenient (a.) Going before; preceding; hence, preventive..

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

Anticipation :: Anticipation (n.) The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord..

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

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

Following :: Following (a.) (In the field of a telescope) In the direction from which stars are apparently moving (in consequence of the earth's rotation); as, a small star, north following or south following. In the direction toward which stars appear to move is called preceding..

Ninth :: Ninth (a.) Following the eight and preceding the tenth; coming after eight others.

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..

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

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

Precedent :: Precedent (a.) Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services..

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

Recapitulation :: Recapitulation (n.) The act of recapitulating; a summary, or concise statement or enumeration, of the principal points, facts, or statements, in a preceding discourse, argument, or essay..

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..

Cross-days :: Cross-days (n. pl.) The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension.

Catchword :: Catchword (n.) The first word of any page of a book after the first, inserted at the right hand bottom corner of the preceding page for the assistance of the reader. It is seldom used in modern printing..

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