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  • 91beforehand — Synonyms and related words: ahead, ahead of time, anachronistic, ante, antedated, before, beforetime, behind time, behindhand, betimes, dated, earlier, early, fore, foredated, foresightedly, forward, in advance, in anticipation, late,… …

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  • 92beforetime — Synonyms and related words: aforetime, ahead, ahead of time, anticipative, anticipatory, before, before now, beforehand, betimes, bright and early, earlier, early, erenow, erewhile, erst, forehand, forehanded, foresighted, foresightedly, formerly …

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  • 93betimes — Synonyms and related words: after a while, ahead, ahead of time, anon, at times, before, before long, beforehand, beforetime, by and by, directly, early, ere long, ever and again, ever and anon, foresightedly, here and there, in a moment, in a… …

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  • 94early — Synonyms and related words: a priori, advanced, ages ago, ahead, ahead of time, already, anachronistic, ancient, anciently, antecedent, antedated, antediluvian, anterior, anticipative, anticipatory, antiquated, antique, away back, back, backward …

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  • 95in advance — Synonyms and related words: ahead, ahead of time, ante, before, beforehand, beforetime, betimes, early, first, fore, foremost, foresightedly, forward, headmost, in advance of, in anticipation, in anticipation of, in front, in preparation for, in… …

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  • 96precocious — pre|co|cious [prıˈkəuʃəs US ˈkou ] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: praecox becoming ripe early , from coquere to cook, ripen ] a precocious child shows intelligence or skill at a very young age, or behaves in an adult way sometimes used to …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 97precocious — (adj.) 1640s, developed before the usual time, from L. praecox (gen. praecocis) maturing early, from prae before (see PRE (Cf. pre )) + coquere to ripen, lit. to cook (see COOK (Cf. cook) (n.)). Originally of flowers or fruits. Figurative use, of …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 98Rexroth, Kenneth — (1905–1982)    Popularly known as “the godfather of the Beats,” Kenneth Rexroth criticized them as wisely as he inspired and promoted them. Born a generation before allen ginsberg, gary snyder, michael mcclure, philip lamantia, and philip whalen …

    Encyclopedia of Beat Literature

  • 99Town and the City, The — by Jack Kerouac (1950)    Inspired by John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga and the lyrical prose of Thomas Wolfe, author of Look Homeward, Angel (1929), jack kerouac wrote what would be his first published novel from 1946 to 1949 to tell everything …

    Encyclopedia of Beat Literature

  • 100Smith, Clark Ashton —    (1893–1961)    Poet, fantaisiste, artist, sculptor, and correspondent of HPL (1922–37). Born in Long Valley, Calif., and residing for most of his life in the small town of Auburn in the Sierra foothills, Smith read precociously as a child and… …

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