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One who possesses, or occupies, previously. R. Brady.

More remote in previous time or prior order. In some cases two more links of causation may be introduced; one of them may be termed the preremote cause, the other the postremote effect. E. Darwin.

Previously required; necessary as a preliminary to any proposed effect or end; as, prerequisite conditions of success.

Previous sensation, notion, or idea. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Previous perception. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Previous sentiment, conception, or opinion; previous apprehension; especially, an antecedent impression or conviction of something unpleasant, distressing, or calamitous, about to happen; anticipation of evil; foreboding.

- Liberty of the press, the free right of publishing books, pamphlets, or papers, without previous restraint or censorship, subject only to punishment for libelous, seditious, or morally pernicious matters. -- Press bed, a bed that may be folded, and inclosed, in a press or closet. Boswell. -- Press of sail, (Naut.),…

To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained. Dare he presume to scorn us in this manner Shak. Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve. Milton.

not certainly known, from the existence of some other fact known or proved, founded on a previous experience of their connection; supposition of the truth or real existence of something, without direct or positive proof of the fact, but grounded on circumstantial or probable evidence which entitles it to belief. Burri…

That which is presupposed; a previous supposition or surmise.

A surmise previously formed. Shak.

Passed through; antecedent; previous; as, preterient states. [R.]

To prefigure; to exhibit previously in a type. Bp. Pearson.

Going before; preceding. [Obs.] Any previous counsel or preventive understanding. Cudworth.

Preceding in the order of time; former; antecedent; anterior; previous; as, a prior discovery; prior obligation; -- used elliptically in cases like the following: he lived alone [in the time] prior to his marriage.

Previously. [R.] Geddes.

f obtaining chlorine gas by passing hydrochloric acid gas over heated slag which has been previously saturated with a solution of some metallic salt, as sulphate of copper. -- Final process (Practice), a writ of execution in an action at law. Burrill. -- In process, in the condition of advance, accomplishment, transa…

consul; a governor of, or a military commander in, a province. He was usually one who had previously been consul.

ich, after it had passed the Athenian senate, was fixed on a tablet for public inspection previously to its being proposed to the general assembly of the people.

Previous; antecedent. Glanvill.