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A :: A (prep.) In process of; in the act of; into; to; -- used with verbal substantives in -ing which begin with a consonant. This is a shortened form of the preposition an (which was used before the vowel sound); as in a hunting, a building, a begging..

Propaedeutical :: Propaedeutical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or conveying, preliminary instruction; introductory to any art or science; instructing beforehand..

Anteal :: Anteal (a.) Being before, or in front..

Overrun :: Overrun (v. t.) To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page into the next after, or next before..

Farse :: Farse (n.) An addition to, or a paraphrase of, some part of the Latin service in the vernacular; -- common in English before the Reformation..

Presume :: Presume (v. i.) To venture, go, or act, by an assumption of leave or authority not granted; to go beyond what is warranted by the circumstances of the case; to venture beyond license; to take liberties; -- often with on or upon before the ground of confidence..

Provide :: Provide (v. i.) To procure supplies or means in advance; to take measures beforehand in view of an expected or a possible future need, especially a danger or an evil; -- followed by against or for; as, to provide against the inclemency of the weather; to provide for the education of a child..

Precede :: Precede (v. t.) To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; -- used with by or with before the instrumental object.

Anglo-saxon :: Anglo-Saxon (n.) The language of the English people before the Conquest (sometimes called Old English). See Saxon.

Foregoer :: Foregoer (n.) One who goes before another; a predecessor; hence, an ancestor' a progenitor..

Forfeit :: Forfeit (n.) To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense, or crime; to render one's self by misdeed liable to be deprived of; to alienate the right to possess, by some neglect or crime; as, to forfeit an estate by treason; to forfeit reputation by a breach of promise; -- with to before the one acquiring what is forfeited..

None :: None (a.) No; not any; -- used adjectively before a vowel, in old style; as, thou shalt have none assurance of thy life..

Advanced :: Advanced (a.) In the front or before others, as regards progress or ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers..

Design :: Design (n.) To intend or purpose; -- usually with for before the remote object, but sometimes with to..

Precedently :: Precedently (adv.) Beforehand; antecedently.

Silkworm :: Silkworm (n.) The larva of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths, which spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon before changing to a pupa..

Reconvention :: Reconvention (n.) A cross demand; an action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff before the same judge.

Pretorture :: Pretorture (v. t.) To torture beforehand.

Forego :: Forego (v. i.) To go before; to precede; -- used especially in the present and past participles.

Footman :: Footman (n.) A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire..

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