Definition of preceding

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

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Proximate :: Proximate (a.) Nearest; next immediately preceding or following.
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..
Prevenient :: Prevenient (a.) Going before; preceding; hence, preventive..
Preceding :: Preceding (a.) Going before; -- opposed to following.
Precedency :: Precedency (n.) The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another..
Yesterday :: Yesterday (adv.) On the day last past; on the day preceding to-day; as, the affair took place yesterday..
Proxime :: Proxime (a.) Next; immediately preceding or following.
Prefecundation :: Prefecundation (n.) A term collectively applied to the changes or conditions preceding fecundation, especially to the changes which the ovum undergoes before fecundation..
Old :: Old (superl.) Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding; original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise..
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..
Formerly :: Formerly (adv.) In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore..
Former :: Former (a.) Preceding in order of time; antecedent; previous; prior; earlier; hence, ancient; long past..
Preventive :: Preventive (a.) Going before; preceding.
Campaign :: Campaign (n.) Political operations preceding an election; a canvass.
Friday :: Friday (n.) The sixth day of the week, following Thursday and preceding Saturday..
Preliminary :: Preliminary (a.) Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary articles to a treaty; preliminary measures; preliminary examinations..
Aquila :: Aquila (n.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle.
Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast.
Bastard :: Bastard (n.) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book..
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..
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