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Subsequent :: Subsequency (n.) The act or state of following; -- opposed to precedence.

Day :: Day (n.) (Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc..

Example :: Example (v. t.) To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify; to give an instance of; to instance.

Preference :: Preference (n.) The act of Preferring, or the state of being preferred; the setting of one thing before another; precedence; higher estimation; predilection; choice; also, the power or opportunity of choosing; as, to give him his preference..

Prevent :: Prevent (v. t.) To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct..

After :: After (prep.) Later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and the clause..

Fortieth :: Fortieth (a.) Following the thirty-ninth, or preceded by thirty-nine units, things, or parts..

Forename :: Forename (n.) A name that precedes the family name or surname; a first name.

President :: President (n.) Precedent.

Natural :: Natural (n.) A character [/] used to contradict, or to remove the effect of, a sharp or flat which has preceded it, and to restore the unaltered note..

Receded :: Receded (imp. & p. p.) of Reced.

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

Postpone :: Postpone (v. t.) To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance..

Forefather :: Forefather (n.) One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in any degree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor..

Priority :: Priority (a.) Precedence; superior rank.

Built :: Built (a.) Formed; shaped; constructed; made; -- often used in composition and preceded by the word denoting the form; as, frigate-built, clipper-built, etc..

Diverge :: Diverge (v. i.) To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun..

Pupa :: Pupa (n.) Any insect in that stage of its metamorphosis which usually immediately precedes the adult, or imago, stage..

Accord :: Accord (v. t.) Voluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; -- preceded by own; as, of one's own accord..

Precursor :: Precursor (n.) One who, or that which, precedes an event, and indicates its approach; a forerunner; a harbinger..

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