Definition of previous

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Previous (a.) Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness..

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Preaccusation :: Preaccusation (n.) Previous accusation.
Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history..
Preconsign :: Preconsign (v. t.) To consign beforehand; to make a previous consignment of.
A Priori :: A priori () Characterizing that kind of reasoning which deduces consequences from definitions formed, or principles assumed, or which infers effects from causes previously known; deductive or deductively. The reverse of a posteriori..
Countermand :: Countermand (v. t.) To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods..
Remember :: Remember (v. t.) To have ( a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind again; to think of again; to recollect; as, I remember the fact; he remembers the events of his childhood; I cannot remember dates..
Subcontracted :: Subcontract (n.) A contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract..
Preadmonish :: Preadmonish (v. t.) To admonish previously.
Premise :: Premise (n.) Matters previously stated or set forth; esp., that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted..
Decompose :: Decompose (v. t.) To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.
Predetermine :: Predetermine (v. t.) To doom by previous decree; to foredoom.
Preexist :: Preexist (v. i.) To exist previously; to exist before something else.
Retract :: Retract (v. t.) To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke..
Precondition :: Precondition (n.) A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition.
Fore :: Fore (adv.) Formerly; previously; afore.
Closure :: Closure (v. t.) A method of putting an end to debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body. It is similar in effect to the previous question. It was first introduced into the British House of Commons in 1882. The French word cloture was originally applied to this proceeding.
Antecedently :: Antecedently (adv.) Previously; before in time; at a time preceding; as, antecedently to conversion..
Apostrophe :: Apostrophe (n.) A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of Paradise Lost..
Preconceive :: Preconceive (v. t.) To conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to form a previous notion or idea of..
Diswarn :: Diswarn (v. t.) To dissuade from by previous warning.
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