paravant

paravant is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.Beforehand; first. [Obs.] Spenser.
  2. 2.In front; publicly. [Obs.] Spenser.
  3. 3.Beforehand; first. [Obs.] Spenser.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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