Word Meanings - AFOREHAND - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Beforehand; in anticipation. She is come aforehand to anoint my body. Mark xiv. 8.
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- AFOREHAND
Beforehand; in anticipation. She is come aforehand to anoint my body. Mark xiv. 8. - ANOINTMENT
The act of anointing, or state of being anointed; also, an ointment. Milton. - ANOINT
1. To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil. And fragrant oils the stiffened limbs anoint. Dryden. He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. John ix. 6. 2. To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, - 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, - ANOINTER
One who anoints. - ANTICIPATION
The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord. Syn. -- Preoccupation; preclusion; foretaste; prelibation; antepast; pregustation; preconception; expectation; foresight; forethought. - DISANOINT
To invalidate the consecration of; as, to disanoint a king. Milton.