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Discuss :: Discuss (v. t.) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety..

Antecedence :: Antecedence (n.) The act or state of going before in time; precedence.

Subjunctive :: Subjunctive (a.) Subjoined or added to something before said or written.

Forestall :: Forestall (v. t.) To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate..

Hysteron Proteron :: Hysteron proteron () An inversion of logical order, in which the conclusion is put before the premises, or the thing proved before the evidence..

Punt :: Punt (v. t.) To kick (the ball) before it touches the ground, when let fall from the hands..

Deposition :: Deposition (n.) The act of laying down one's testimony in writing; also, testimony laid or taken down in writing, under oath or affirmation, before some competent officer, and in reply to interrogatories and cross-interrogatories..

Callus :: Callus (n.) The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets..

Imparl :: Imparl (v. i.) To have time before pleading; to have delay for mutual adjustment.

Protest :: Protest (v.) A declaration made by the master of a vessel before a notary, consul, or other authorized officer, upon his arrival in port after a disaster, stating the particulars of it, and showing that any damage or loss sustained was not owing to the fault of the vessel, her officers or crew, but to the perils of the sea, etc., ads the case may be, and protesting against them..

Spoon :: Spoom (v. i.) To be driven steadily and swiftly, as before a strong wind; to be driven before the wind without any sail, or with only a part of the sails spread; to scud under bare poles..

Preconcerted :: Preconcerted (a.) Previously arranged; agreed upon beforehand.

Interlocution :: Interlocution (n.) An intermediate act or decree before final decision.

Presently :: Presently (adv.) At once; without delay; forthwith; also, less definitely, soon; shortly; before long; after a little while; by and by..

Precede :: Precede (v. t.) To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; -- used with by or with before the instrumental object.

Dispose :: Dispose (v. t.) To give a tendency or inclination to; to adapt; to cause to turn; especially, to incline the mind of; to give a bent or propension to; to incline; to make inclined; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by for before the indirect object..

Overnight :: Overnight (adv.) In the fore part of the night last past; in the evening before; also, during the night; as, the candle will not last overnight..

Drawbridge :: Drawbridge (n.) A bridge of which either the whole or a part is made to be raised up, let down, or drawn or turned aside, to admit or hinder communication at pleasure, as before the gate of a town or castle, or over a navigable river or canal..

Premeditation :: Premeditation (n.) The act of meditating or contriving beforehand; previous deliberation; forethought.

Offer :: Offer (v. t.) To bring to or before; to hold out to; to present for acceptance or rejection; as, to offer a present, or a bribe; to offer one's self in marriage..

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