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Anteriority :: Anteriority (n.) The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority.

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..

Appoggiatura :: Appoggiatura (n.) A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony..

Antecedent :: Antecedent (a.) Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause..

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

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

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

Retroaction :: Retroaction (n.) Operation on something past or preceding.

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..

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

Uredo :: Uredo (n.) One of the stages in the life history of certain rusts (Uredinales), regarded at one time as a distinct genus. It is a summer stage preceding the teleutospore, or winter stage. See Uredinales, in the Supplement..

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

Schema :: Schema (n.) An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind; as, five dots in a line are a schema of the number five; a preceding and succeeding event are a schema of cause and effect..

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

To :: To (prep.) As sign of the infinitive, to had originally the use of last defined, governing the infinitive as a verbal noun, and connecting it as indirect object with a preceding verb or adjective; thus, ready to go, i.e., ready unto going; good to eat, i.e., good for eating; I do my utmost to lead my life pleasantly. But it has come to be the almost constant prefix to the infinitive, even in situations where it has no prepositional meaning, as where the infinitive is direct object or subject; th

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

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

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

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

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..

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