PRECEDENTE. ANTECEDENTE. ANTERIORE. AVVENTATO. PREMATURO. IN ANTICIPO
previous\pre"vi*ous\ (?), a. [l. praevius going before, leading the way; prae before + via the way. see voyage.] 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.
previous question. (parliamentary practice) see under question, and compare closure.
previous to, before; -- often used adverbially for previously. "previous to publication." arnold. "a policy his friends had advised previous to 1710." h. newman.
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