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Batter :: Batter (n.) A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.

Anteprandial :: Anteprandial (a.) Preceding dinner.

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

Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast.

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

Preceding :: Preceding (a.) Going before; -- opposed to following.

Recessive :: Recessive (a.) Going back; receding.

Ebb :: Ebb (a.) Receding; going out; falling; shallow; low.

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

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

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

Acromonogrammatic :: Acromonogrammatic (a.) Having each verse begin with the same letter as that with which the preceding verse ends.

Preparation :: Preparation (n.) The holding over of a note from one chord into the next chord, where it forms a temporary discord, until resolved in the chord that follows; the anticipation of a discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock. See Suspension..

Ecthlipsis :: Ecthlipsis (n.) The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel..

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

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

Presystolic :: Presystolic (a.) Preceding the systole or contraction of the heart; as, the presystolic friction sound..

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

Friday :: Friday (n.) The sixth day of the week, following Thursday and preceding Saturday..

Stand :: Stand (v. t.) To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand..

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