Definition of before

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

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Predestinative :: Predestinative (a.) Determining beforehand; predestinating.
Before :: Before (prep.) Open for; free of access to; in the power of.
Sopra :: Sopra (adv.) Above; before; over; upon.
Beforehand :: Beforehand (adv.) In a state of anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance; -- often followed by with.
Antecede :: Antecede (v. t. & i.) To go before in time or place; to precede; to surpass.
Exigent :: Exigent (n.) The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry.
Averroist :: Averroist (n.) One of a sect of peripatetic philosophers, who appeared in Italy before the restoration of learning; so denominated from Averroes, or Averrhoes, a celebrated Arabian philosopher. He held the doctrine of monopsychism..
Prefident :: Prefident (a.) Trusting beforehand; hence, overconfident..
Blower :: Blower (n.) A device for producing a current of air; as: (a) A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. (b) A machine for producing an artificial blast or current of air by pressure, as for increasing the draft of a furnace, ventilating a building or shaft, cleansing gram, etc..
Anteal :: Anteal (a.) Being before, or in front..
Lead :: Lead (v. i.) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; -- used in most of the senses of lead, v. t..
Precession :: Precession (n.) The act of going before, or forward..
Bethink :: Bethink (v. t.) To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection, reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; -- generally followed by a reflexive pronoun, often with of or that before the subject of thought..
Zeolite :: Zeolite (n.) A term now used to designate any one of a family of minerals, hydrous silicates of alumina, with lime, soda, potash, or rarely baryta. Here are included natrolite, stilbite, analcime, chabazite, thomsonite, heulandite, and others. These species occur of secondary origin in the cavities of amygdaloid, basalt, and lava, also, less frequently, in granite and gneiss. So called because many of these species intumesce before the blowpipe..
Visit :: Visit (v. t.) To come to for the purpose of chastising, rewarding, comforting; to come upon with reward or retribution; to appear before or judge; as, to visit in mercy; to visit one in wrath..
Antecessor :: Antecessor (n.) One who goes before; a predecessor.
Dozen :: Dozen (n.) A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows.
Premunite :: Premunite (v. t.) To fortify beforehand; to guard against objection.
Keep :: Keep (v. i.) To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to keep in favor; to keep out of company, or out reach..
Disqualify :: Disqualify (v. t.) To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with for or from before the purpose, state, or act..
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