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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Going before: advance, antecedent, anterior, precedent, preceding, previous, prior. See PRECEDE. 2. Just gone by or elapsed: antecedent, anterior, foregoing, former, past, precedent, preceding, previous, prior. See TIME. | | ADVERB: | 1. At a time in the past: already, before, erstwhile, formerly, once, previously. Archaic : aforetime, beforetime. See PRECEDE. 2. Until then: before, beforehand. See PRECEDE. 3. Up to this time: before, heretofore, previously, yet. See PRECEDE.
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