| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| PREDATE | Come before | |
| PRECEDE | Come before | |
| PREVENT | To come before the usual time. | |
| COMET | Come before tea to see a heavenly body! | |
| PREVENE | To come before; to anticipate; hence, to hinder; to prevent. | |
| APPEAR | To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time. | |
| PROTERANDROUS | Having the stamens come to maturity before the pistil; -- opposed to proterogynous. | |
| PROTEROGYNOUS | Having the pistil come to maturity before the stamens; protogynous; -- opposed to proterandrous. | |
| FORERUN | To come before as an earnest of something to follow; to introduce as a harbinger; to announce. | |
| UNTIL | To; up to; till; before; -- used of time; as, he staid until evening; he will not come back until the end of the month. | |
| ABORTION | Any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which in its progress, before it is matured or perfect; a complete failure; as, his attempt proved an abortion. | |
| VISIT | To come to for the purpose of chastising, rewarding, comforting; to come upon with reward or retribution; to appear before or judge; as, to visit in mercy; to visit one in wrath. | |
| COMPOUND | To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by with before the person part... | |