Definition of before

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Before (prep.) In presence or sight of; face to face with; facing.

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Forepromised :: Forepromised (a.) Promised beforehand; preengaged.
Preconsign :: Preconsign (v. t.) To consign beforehand; to make a previous consignment of.
Asper :: Asper (n.) The rough breathing; a mark (/) placed over an initial vowel sound or over / to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it; thus ws, pronounced h/s, rh`twr, pronounced hrat/r..
Forecast :: Forecast (v. t.) To plan beforehand; to scheme; to project.
Preobtain :: Preobtain (v. t.) To obtain beforehand.
Precontrive :: Precontrive (v. t. & i.) To contrive or plan beforehand.
The :: The (adv.) By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform..
Prepense :: Prepense (v. t.) Devised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived; premeditated; aforethought; -- usually placed after the word it qualifies; as, malice prepense..
Lock Step :: Lock step () A mode of marching by a body of men going one after another as closely as possible, in which the leg of each moves at the same time with the corresponding leg of the person before him..
Fasces :: Fasces (pl.) A bundle of rods, having among them an ax with the blade projecting, borne before the Roman magistrates as a badge of their authority..
Abortion :: Abortion (n.) Any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which in its progress, before it is matured or perfect; a complete failure; as, his attempt proved an abortion..
Coction :: Coction (n.) The change which the humorists believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination.
Statutable :: Status quo () The state in which anything is already. The phrase is also used retrospectively, as when, on a treaty of place, matters return to the status quo ante bellum, or are left in statu quo ante bellum, i.e., the state (or, in the state) before the war..
Alebench :: Alebench (n.) A bench in or before an alehouse.
Forerun :: Forerun (v. t.) To come before as an earnest of something to follow; to introduce as a harbinger; to announce.
Discount :: Discount (v.) To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).
Mine :: Mine (pron. & a.) Belonging to me; my. Used as a pronominal to me; my. Used as a pronominal adjective in the predicate; as, Vengeance is mine; I will repay. Rom. xii. 19. Also, in the old style, used attributively, instead of my, before a noun beginning with a vowel..
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..
Predecessive :: Predecessive (a.) Going before; preceding.
Yesterday :: Yesterday (n.) The day last past; the day next before the present.
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