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Word Meanings - BEFORE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. In front of; preceding in space; ahead of; as, to stand before the fire; before the house. His angel, who shall go Before them in a cloud and pillar of fire. Milton. 2. Preceding in time; earlier than; previously to; anterior to the time when;

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1. In front of; preceding in space; ahead of; as, to stand before the fire; before the house. His angel, who shall go Before them in a cloud and pillar of fire. Milton. 2. Preceding in time; earlier than; previously to; anterior to the time when; -- sometimes with the additional idea of purpose; in order that. Before Abraham was, I am. John viii. 58. Before this treatise can become of use, two points are necessary. Swift. Note: Formerly before, in this sense, was followed by that. "Before that Philip called thee . . . I saw thee." John i. 48. 3. An advance of; farther onward, in place or time. The golden age . . . is before us. Carlyle. 4. Prior or preceding in dignity, order, rank, right, or worth; rather than. He that cometh after me is preferred before me. John i. 15. The eldest son is before the younger in succession. Johnson. 5. In presence or sight of; face to face with; facing. Abraham bowed down himself before the people. Gen. xxiii. 12. Wherewith shall I come before the Lord Micah vi. 6. 6. Under the cognizance or jurisdiction of. If a suit be begun before an archdeacon. Ayliffe. 7. Open for; free of access to; in the power of. The world was all before them where to choose. Milton. Before the mast , as a common sailor, -- because the sailors live in the forecastle, forward of the foremast. -- Before the wind , in the direction of the wind and by its impulse; having the wind aft.

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  • AFOREHAND
    Beforehand; in anticipation. She is come aforehand to anoint my body. Mark xiv. 8.
  • USHERDOM
    The office or position of an usher; ushership; also, ushers, collectively.
  • HERALD
    An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character. 2. In the Middle Ages, the officer
  • PRECEDENTLY
    Beforehand; antecedently.
  • BEFORETIME
    Formerly; aforetime. dwelt in their tents, as beforetime. 2 Kings xiii. 5.
  • ANTECEDENT
    1. Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause. 2. Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability. Syn. -- Prior; previous; foregoing.
  • BEYOND
    1. On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than. Beyond that flaming hill. G. Fletcher. 2. At a place or time not yet reached; before. A thing beyond us, even before our death. Pope. 3. Past, out of the reach or
  • HERALDRY
    The art or office of a herald; the art, practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public ceremonies.
  • FOREGO
    1. To quit; to relinquish; to leave. Stay at the third cup, or forego the place. Herbert. 2. To relinquish the enjoyment or advantage of; to give up; to resign; to renounce; -- said of a thing already enjoyed, or of one within reach,
  • PRECEDENTED
    Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind. Walpole.
  • INTRODUCEMENT
    Introduction.
  • AFORE
    In the fore part of a vessel. (more info) 1. Before. If he have never drunk wine afore. Shak.
  • PRECEDE
    1. To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything. "Harm precedes not sin." Milton. 2. To go before in place, rank, or importance. 3. To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; -- used with by or with before the
  • PRECEDENCE; PRECEDENCY
    1. The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another. 2. The act or state of going or being before in rank or dignity, or the place of honor; right to a more honorable place; superior
  • AHEAD
    1. In or to the front; in advance; onward. The island bore but a little ahead of us. Fielding. 2. Headlong; without restraint. L'Estrange. To go ahead. To go in advance. To go on onward. To push on in an enterprise. -- To get ahead of.
  • FOREGOER
    1. One who goes before another; a predecessor; hence, an ancestor' a progenitor. 2. A purveyor of the king; -- so called, formerly, from going before to provide for his household.
  • HERALDICALLY
    In an heraldic manner; according to the rules of heraldry.
  • ANTECEDENTLY
    Previously; before in time; at a time preceding; as, antecedently to conversion. Barrow.
  • BEFOREHAND
    1. In a state of anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance; -- often followed by with. Agricola . . . resolves to be beforehand with the danger. Milton. The last cited author has been beforehand with me. Addison. 2. By way of preparation,
  • AFORECITED
    Named or quoted before.
  • THEREBEFORE; THEREBIFORN
    Before that time; beforehand. Many a winter therebiforn. Chaucer.
  • THRUSHER
    The song thrush.
  • AMBUSHER
    One lying in ambush.
  • RUSHER
    One who rushes. Whitlock.
  • BRUSHER
    One who, or that which, brushes.

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