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Previous delineation.

The act of previous determination; a purpose formed beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will. Hammond.

To doom by previous decree; to foredoom.

A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something; predisposition to choose or like; partiality. Burke.

A previous discovery.

The act of predisposing, or the state of being predisposed; previous inclination, tendency, or propensity; predilection; -- applied to the mind; as, a predisposition to anger.

To engage by previous contract; to bind or attach previously; to preoccupy. But he was preëngaged by former ties. Dryden.

Infinite previous duration. [R.] "The world's preëternity." Cudworth.

Previous examination.

To exist previously; to exist before something else.

Existence in a former state, or previous to something else. Wisdom declares her antiquity and preëxistence to all the works of this earth. T. Burnet.

Existing previously; preceding existence; as, a preëxistent state. Pope.

Previous esteem or estimation. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Previous expectation.

Previous limitation. [Obs.] Fotherby.

To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More.

Previous intimation; a suggestion beforehand. T. Scott.

Of or pertaining to the determination of some matter not previously decided; as, a prejudical inquiry or action at law.

A previous treatment and decision of a point; a precedent.

To obstruct or injure by prejudices, or by previous bias of the mind; hence, generally, to hurt; to damage; to injure; to impair; as, to prejudice a good cause. Seek how may prejudice the foe. Shak