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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
previous
adj
  1. just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger"
    Synonym(s): previous(a), old
  2. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past; "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House"
    Synonym(s): former(a), late(a), previous(a)
  3. too soon or too hasty; "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"; "a premature judgment"
    Synonym(s): previous(p), premature
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Previous \Pre"vi*ous\, a. [L. praevius going before, leading the
      way; prae before + via the way. See {Voyage}.]
      Going before in time; being or happening before something
      else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a
      previous illness.
  
               The dull sound . . . previous to the storm, Rolls o'er
               the muttering earth.                              --Thomson.
  
      {Previous question}. (Parliamentary Practice) See under
            {Question}, and compare {Closure}.
  
      {Previous to}, before; -- often used adverbially for
            previously. [bd]Previous to publication.[b8] --M. Arnold.
            [bd]A policy . . . his friends had advised previous to
            1710.[b8] --J. H. Newman.
  
      Syn: Antecedent; preceding; anterior; prior; foregoing;
               former.
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