Word Meanings - PREDEDICATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A dedication made previously or beforehand.

DEDICATION
1. The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedication of Solomon's temple. 2. A devoting or setting aside for any particular purpose; as, a
BEFOREHAND
1. In a state of anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance; -- often followed by with. Agricola . . . resolves to be beforehand with the danger. Milton. The last cited author has been beforehand with me. Addison. 2. By way of preparation,
PREVIOUSLY
Beforehand; antecedently; as, a plan previously formed.
PREDEDICATION
A dedication made previously or beforehand.