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ante-

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ante-
pref.
1. Prior to; earlier: antenatal.
2. In front of; before: anteroom.

[Latin, from ante, before; see ant- in Indo-European roots.]

ante-
prefix
before in time or position; previous to; in front of antedate antechamber
[from Latin]
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Just let twelve spinning-wheels be brought into the ante- chamber, and they will go to them and be pleased with them, and that is what no man would do.
Walking boldly forward I pushed into the room only to find myself in a small ante- chamber in which were the four guards who had accompanied her.
The father of this young gentleman had been a money-lender, who had transacted professional business with the mother of this young gentleman, when he, the latter, was waiting in the vast dark ante- chambers of the present world to be born.
 
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