See earlier in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Going before:
advance, antecedent, anterior, precedent, preceding, previous, prior. See precedeJust gone by or elapsed:
antecedent, anterior, foregoing, former, past, precedent, preceding, previous, prior. See time
adverb
At a time in the past:
already, before, erstwhile, formerly, once, previously. (Archaic) aforetime, beforetime. See precedeUp to this time:
before, heretofore, previously, yet. See precedeUntil then:
before, beforehand. See precede
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