Definition of before

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Before (prep.) Preceding in time; earlier than; previously to; anterior to the time when; -- sometimes with the additional idea of purpose; in order that.

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Pillar :: Pillar (n.) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church..
Slink :: Slink (n.) The young of a beast brought forth prematurely, esp. a calf brought forth before its time..
Benting Time :: Benting time () The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe..
Redisseizin :: Redisseizin (n.) A disseizin by one who once before was adjudged to have dassezed the same person of the same lands, etc.; also, a writ which lay in such a case..
Foreright :: Foreright (a.) Ready; directly forward; going before.
Preprovide :: Preprovide (v. t.) To provide beforehand.
Preconsign :: Preconsign (v. t.) To consign beforehand; to make a previous consignment of.
That :: That (pron., a., conj., & adv.) As a relative pronoun, that is equivalent to who or which, serving to point out, and make definite, a person or thing spoken of, or alluded to, before, and may be either singular or plural..
Against :: Against (prep.) By of before the time that; in preparation for; so as to be ready for the time when.
Tersanctus :: Tersanctus (n.) An ancient ascription of praise (containing the word Holy -- in its Latin form, Sanctus -- thrice repeated), used in the Mass of the Roman Catholic Church and before the prayer of consecration in the communion service of the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. Cf. Trisagion..
Face :: Face (n.) Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, before the face of, in the immediate presence of; in the face of, before, in, or against the front of; as, to fly in the face of danger; to the face of, directly to; from the face of, from the presence of..
Predesign :: Predesign (v. t.) To design or purpose beforehand; to predetermine.
Epi- :: Epi- () A prefix, meaning upon, beside, among, on the outside, above, over. It becomes ep-before a vowel, as in epoch, and eph-before a Greek aspirate, as in ephemeral..
Preominate :: Preominate (v. t.) To ominate beforehand; to portend.
Foreconceive :: Foreconceive (v. t.) To preconceive; to imagine beforehand.
Preintimation :: Preintimation (n.) Previous intimation; a suggestion beforehand.
Backing :: Backing (n.) The preparation of the back of a book with glue, etc., before putting on the cover..
Biforn :: Biforn (prep. & adv.) Before.
Theretofore :: Theretofore (adv.) Up to that time; before then; -- correlative with heretofore.
Antecedently :: Antecedently (adv.) Previously; before in time; at a time preceding; as, antecedently to conversion..
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