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Before :: Before (prep.) Open for; free of access to; in the power of.

Beforehand :: Beforehand (adv.) By way of preparation, or preliminary; previously; aforetime..

Pibroch :: Pibroch (n.) A Highland air, suited to the particular passion which the musician would either excite or assuage; generally applied to those airs that are played on the bagpipe before the Highlanders when they go out to battle..

Forehear :: Forehear (v. i. & t.) To hear beforehand.

Preexamine :: Preexamine (v. t.) To examine beforehand.

Alebench :: Alebench (n.) A bench in or before an alehouse.

Revenge :: Revenge (v. t.) To inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; -- followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing wronged, as the object, or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object, and a preposition before the wrong done or the wrongdoer..

Prefer :: Prefer (v. t.) To carry or bring (something) forward, or before one; hence, to bring for consideration, acceptance, judgment, etc.; to offer; to present; to proffer; to address; -- said especially of a request, prayer, petition, claim, charge, etc..

Teach :: Teach (v. t.) To impart the knowledge of; to give intelligence concerning; to impart, as knowledge before unknown, or rules for practice; to inculcate as true or important; to exhibit impressively; as, to teach arithmetic, dancing, music, or the like; to teach morals..

Mount :: Mount (v.) A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always instead of mountain, when put before a proper name; as, Mount Washington; otherwise, chiefly in poetry..

Above-named :: Above-named (a.) Mentioned or named before; aforesaid.

Forehand :: Forehand (n.) All that part of a horse which is before the rider.

Abacinate :: Abacinate (v. t.) To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes.

Against :: Against (prep.) By of before the time that; in preparation for; so as to be ready for the time when.

Chaos :: Chaos (n.) The confused, unorganized condition or mass of matter before the creation of distinct and orderly forms..

Premunite :: Premunite (v. t.) To fortify beforehand; to guard against objection.

Relay :: Relay (n.) A supply of anything arranged beforehand for affording relief from time to time, or at successive stages; provision for successive relief..

Aurora :: Aurora (n.) The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises.

Ditto :: Ditto (n.) The aforesaid thing; the same (as before). Often contracted to do., or to two turned commas (), or small marks. Used in bills, books of account, tables of names, etc., to save repetition..

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

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