Definition of before

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Before (prep.) Prior or preceding in dignity, order, rank, right, or worth; rather than..

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Preadamite :: Preadamite (n.) An inhabitant of the earth before Adam.
Double-ripper :: Double-ripper (n.) A kind of coasting sled, made of two sleds fastened together with a board, one before the other..
Forerun :: Forerun (v. t.) To turn before; to precede; to be in advance of (something following).
Top :: Top (v. t.) To perform eminently, or better than before..
Turkey :: Turkey (n.) Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus Meleagris, especially the North American wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), and the domestic turkey, which was probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of America..
Counterguard :: Counterguard (n.) A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire..
Host :: Host (n.) The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration..
Antipetalous :: Antipetalous (a.) Standing before a petal, as a stamen..
Predisponent :: Predisponent (a.) Disposing beforehand; predisposing.
Preemption :: Preemption (n.) The act or right of purchasing before others.
Forearm :: Forearm (v. t.) To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need.
Quern :: Quern (n.) A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which was turned by hand; -- used before the invention of windmills and watermills..
Subjugated :: Sub judice () Before the judge, or court; not yet decided; under judicial consideration..
Witenagemote :: Witenagemote (n.) A meeting of wise men; the national council, or legislature, of England in the days of the Anglo-Saxons, before the Norman Conquest..
Precipitate :: Precipitate (a.) Lacking due deliberation or care; hurried; said or done before the time; as, a precipitate measure..
Revolution :: Revolution (n.) Return to a point before occupied, or to a point relatively the same; a rolling back; return; as, revolution in an ellipse or spiral..
Before :: Before (prep.) In front of; preceding in space; ahead of; as, to stand before the fire; before the house..
Display :: Display (v. t.) To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the sight, or to the mind; to make manifest..
Predestinate :: Predestinate (v. t.) To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to preelect.
Preconceive :: Preconceive (v. t.) To conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to form a previous notion or idea of..
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