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The young tissue of a fibrovascular bundle before its component cells have begun to be differentiated. Sachs.

The dating of an event before the time it happened; an antedating; -- opposed to Ant: metachronism.

The series of cells formed in the ovule of a flowering plant after fertilization, but before the formation of the embryo.

ed; as, a profane place. "Profane authors." I. Disraeli. The profane wreath was suspended before the shrine. Gibbon.

n inferior court, commanding the latter to cease from the prosecution of a suit depending before it. Blackstone.

To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth. Before his feet herself she did project. Spenser. Behold! th' ascending villas on my side Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide. Pope.

An error in chronology, consisting in an event being dated before the actual time.

mance; as, the prologue of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales;" esp., a discourse or poem spoken before a dramatic performance

A trial before the principal performance; a prelude; hence, an introductory essay or exercise. "Domestic prolusions." Thackeray. Her presence was in some measure a restraint on the worthy divine, whose prolusion lasted. Sir W. Scott.

erent goods. See Prompt-note. To cover any probable difference of price which might arise before the expiration of the prompt, which for this article [tea] is three months. J. S. Mill.

One who promulges or publishes what was before unknown. Atterbury.

o, or conveying, preliminary instruction; introductory to any art or science; instructing beforehand.

, prophecy; foretelling events; as, prophetic writings; prophetic dreams; -- used with of before the thing foretold. And fears are oft prophetic of the event. Dryden.

To set before one's self or others as a purpose formed; hence, to purpose; to intend. I propose to relate, in several volumes, the history of the people of New England. Palfrey. To propose to one's self, to intend; to design.

The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering. "Oblations for the altar of proposition." Jer. Taylor.

Any court or vestibule before a building or leading into any inclosure.

ishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot. To acquit themselves and prosecute their foes. Milton.

tinuance of a criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges against an offender before a legal tribunal, and pursuing them to final judgment on behalf of the state or government, as by indictment or information.

The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect. Sir H. Wotton.

Standing before; -- applied to a gland which is found in the males of most mammals, and is situated at the neck of the bladder where this joins the urethra. -- n.