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% 2.  Relative time

Time with reference to Succession
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     #116.  Priority. —­ N. priority, antecedence, anteriority, precedence,
pre-existence; precession &c. 280; precursor &c. 64; the past &c. 122; premises. 
     V. precede, come before; forerun; go before &c. (lead) 280; preexist;
dawn; presage &c. 511; herald, usher in.
     be beforehand &c. (be early) 132; steal a march upon, anticipate,
forestall; have the start, gain the start. 
     Adj. prior, previous; preceding, precedent; anterior, antecedent; pre-
existing, pre-existent; former, foregoing; aforementioned, before-mentioned, abovementioned; aforesaid, said; introductory &c. (precursory) 64. 
     Adv. before, prior to; earlier; previously &c. adj.; afore[obs3],
aforehand[obs3], beforehand, ere, theretofore, erewhile[obs3]; ere then, ere now, before then, before now; erewhile[obs3], already, yet, beforehand; on the eve of. 
     Phr. prior tempore prior jure[Lat].

     #117.  Posteriority. —­ N. posteriority; succession, sequence;
following &c. 281.; subsequence, supervention; futurity &c. 121; successor; sequel &c. 65; remainder, reversion. 
     V. follow &c. 281 after, come after, go after; succeed, supervene;
ensue, occur; step into the shoes of. 
     Adj. subsequent, posterior, following, after, later, succeeding,
postliminious[obs3], postnate[obs3]; postdiluvial[obs3], postdiluvian[obs3]; puisne|!; posthumous; future &c. 121; afterdinner, postprandial. 
     Adv. subsequently, after, afterwards, since, later; at a subsequent,
at a later period, at a later date; next, in the sequel, close upon, thereafter, thereupon, upon which, eftsoons|; from that time, from that moment; after a while, after a time; in process of time.

     #118.  The Present Time. —­ N. the present, the present time, the
present day, the present moment, the present juncture, the present occasion; the times, the existing time, the time being; today, these days, nowadays, our times, modern times, the twentieth century; nonce, crisis, epoch, day, hour. age, time of life. 
     Adj. present, actual, instant, current, existing, extant, that is;
present-day, up-to-date, up-to-the-moment. 
     Adv. at this time, at this moment &c. 113; at the present time &c. n.;
now, at present; at hand.
     at this time of day, today, nowadays; already; even now, but now,
just now; on the present occasion; for the time being, for the nonce; pro hac vice[Lat].; on the nail, on the spot; on the spur of the moment, until now; to this day, to the present day. 
     Phr. “the present hour alone is man’s” [Johnson].

     #119. [Time different from the present.] Different time. —­ N.
different time, other time.
     [Indefinite time] aorist. 
     Adj. aoristic; indefinite. 
     Adv. at that time, at which time, at that moment, at that instant;
then, on that occasion, upon; not now, some other time.
     when; whenever, whensoever; upon which, on which occasion; at another,
at a different, at some other, at any- time; at various times; some one of these days, one of these days, one fine morning; eventually, some day, by and by, sooner or later; some time or other; once upon a time.