BEFORE

Definitions

1. 1. On the fore part; in front, or in the direction of the front; -- opposed to in the rear. The battle was before and behind. 2 Chron. xiii. 14.
2. 2. In advance. "I come before to tell you." Shak.
3. 3. In time past; previously; already. You tell me, mother, what I knew before. Dryden.
4. 4. Earlier; sooner than; until then. When the butt is out, we will drink water; not a drop before. Shak.