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s prevent and follow us. Bk. of Common Prayer. Then had I come, preventing Sheba's queen. Prior.

Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness. The dull sound . . . previous to the storm, Rolls o'er the muttering earth. Thomson. Previous question. (Parliamentary Practice) See under Question, and compare Closure. -- Previous to, bef…

The quality or state of being previous; priority or antecedence in time.

ear the severities of the rule. (b) The trial of a ministerial candidate's qualifications prior to his ordination, or to his settlement as a pastor. (c) Moral trial; the state of man in the present life, in which he has the opportunity of proving his character, and becoming qualified for a happier state. No [view of hu…

dness; devoted to base or infamous purposes. Made bold by want, and prostitute for bread. Prior

Such prior insult or injury as may be supposed, under the circumstances, to create hot blood, and to excuse an assault made in retort or redress.

Any food or victuals. Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue. Prior.

ly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare. We happiness pursue; we fly from pain. Prior. The happiness of men lies in purswing, Not in possessing. Longfellow.

To doubt of; to be uncertain of; to query. And most we question what we most desire. Prior.

ithout derivation; primitively; essentially. [R.] These great orbs thus radically bright. Prior.

d currant, whose fruit resembles the small raisins of Corinth called currants. [Eng.] Dp. Prior.

To strike with a quick blow; to knock on. With one great peal they rap the door. Prior.

Prior; earlier; former. [Obs.] Now no man dwelleth at the rather town. Sir J. Mandeville.

A rapid succession of sharp, clattering sounds; as, the rattle of a drum. Prior.

operating a railroad. Receivers' certificates are ordinarily a first lien on the assets, prior to that of bonds or other securities.

a falling back or relapse into prior criminal habits, esp. after conviction and punishment.

session of. A tract of land [Holland] snatched from an element perpetually reclaiming its prior occupancy. W. Coxe.

The red poppy (Papaver Rhoeas). Dr. Prior.

An arrow, as made of a reed. Prior.

ct upon them, or make them objects of thought. Reid. As I much reflected, much I mourned. Prior.