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Aforehand

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A`fore´hand`
adv.1.Beforehand; in anticipation.
She is come aforehand to anoint my body.
- Mark xiv. 8.
a.1.Prepared; previously provided; - opposed to behindhand.
Aforehand in all matters of power.
- Bacon.


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When the prosecution opened and the evidence was put short, aforehand, I noticed how heavy it all bore on me, and how light on him.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
And he never would have let this yer come on me, if he could have seed it aforehand.
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context
An' he's been a-threatenin' to go away again," she went on, whimpering, "an' I'm fast sure he'll go some dawnin' afore I'm up, an' niver let me know aforehand, an' he'll niver come back again when once he's gone.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
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