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# língnüè
## Mandarin
### Romanization

língnüè (Zhuyin ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄋㄩㄝˋ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 凌虐
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 陵虐
# língmù
## Mandarin
### Romanization

língmù (Zhuyin ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄨˋ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 陵墓
# língmāo
## Mandarin
### Romanization

língmāo (Zhuyin ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄠ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 靈貓／灵猫
# bellisono
## Latin
### Adjective

bellisonō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of bellisonus
# bellisonus
## Latin
### Etymology

From bellum (“war”) +‎ -sonus (“sounding”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /belˈli.so.nus/, [bɛlˈlʲɪs̠ɔnʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /belˈli.so.nus/, [belˈliːs̬onus]

### Adjective

bellisonus (feminine bellisona, neuter bellisonum); first/second-declension adjective
* sounding of war

#### Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

#### References

* “bellisonus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* bellisonus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
# proficitote
## Latin
### Verb

prōficitōte
* second-person plural future active imperative of prōficiō
# proficiência
## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾo.fi.siˈẽ.si.ɐ/ [pɾo.fi.sɪˈẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /pɾo.fiˈsjẽ.sjɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾo.fi.siˈẽ.si.ɐ/ [pɾo.fi.sɪˈẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /pɾo.fiˈsjẽ.sjɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pɾo.fi.siˈẽ.si.a/ [pɾo.fi.sɪˈẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /pɾo.fiˈsjẽ.sja/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾu.fiˈsjẽ.sjɐ/
* Hyphenation: pro‧fi‧ci‧ên‧ci‧a

### Noun

proficiência f (plural proficiências)
* proficiency; ability; skill; competence
    Synonyms: capacidade, competência
# lábért
## Hungarian
### Etymology

láb +‎ -ért

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlaːbeːrt]
* Hyphenation: lá‧bért

### Noun

lábért
* causal-final singular of láb
# lábát
## Hungarian
### Etymology

láb (“leg, foot”) +‎ -a (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix) +‎ -t (accusative suffix)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlaːbaːt]
* Hyphenation: lá‧bát

### Noun

lábát
* accusative of lába

#### Derived terms

* kezét-lábát töri
* megfogja az isten lábát
* szedi a lábát
# luódàn
## Mandarin
### Romanization

luódàn (Zhuyin ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄉㄢˋ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 籮擔／箩担
# luóhànguǒ
## Mandarin
### Romanization

luóhànguǒ (Zhuyin ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄛˇ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 羅漢果／罗汉果
# luóchìh
## Namuyi
### Etymology

From luó- +‎ chìh (“to burn”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [lwo˧˥tʂʰɯ˥˧]

### Verb

luóchìh
* to light
# luógèsī
## Mandarin
### Romanization

luógèsī (Zhuyin ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄍㄜˋ ㄙ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 邏各斯／逻各斯
# profanásedes
## Galician
### Verb

profanásedes
* second-person plural imperfect subjunctive of profanar
# tracklements
## English
### Noun

tracklements
* plural of tracklement
# towiu
## Narragansett
### Etymology

Compare Massachusett toueu, touweu (“solitary, deserted”).

### Noun

towiû (plural towiúwock or towiûwock)
* fatherless child, orphan

#### Related terms

* ntouwiú

### References

* ↑ James Hammond Trumbull (1903) “toueu”, in Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 165
* ↑ F. O'Brien & J. Jennings (2001) Introduction to the Narragansett Language‎, Newport: Aquidneck Indian Council, →LCCN, page 88

### Further reading

* Roger Williams (1643) A Key into the Language of America, London: Gregory Dexter, →OCLC, pages 29, 142
# towk
## Scots
### Verb

towk
* Alternative form of touk

### Noun

towk (plural towks)
* Alternative form of touk
# beignets
## English
### Noun

beignets
* plural of beignet

### Anagrams

* bee sting, beesting

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

beignets m
* plural of beignet
# beigniez
## French
### Verb

beigniez
* inflection of beigner:
** second-person plural imperfect indicative
** second-person plural present subjunctive
# arrogarles
## Spanish
### Verb

arrogarles
* infinitive of arrogar combined with les
# arrebitará
## Portuguese
### Verb

arrebitará
* third-person singular future indicative of arrebitar
# arripuerit
## Latin
### Verb

arripuerit
* inflection of arripiō:
** third-person singular future perfect active indicative
** third-person singular perfect active subjunctive
# alvitrasses
## Portuguese
### Verb

alvitrasses
* second-person singular imperfect subjunctive of alvitrar
# alvitravas
## Portuguese
### Verb

alvitravas
* second-person singular imperfect indicative of alvitrar
# poliçaient
## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔ.li.sɛ/

### Verb

poliçaient
* third-person plural imperfect indicative of policer

### Anagrams

* picolaient
# aluaste
## Portuguese
### Verb

aluaste
* second-person singular preterite indicative of aluar
# aluata
## Catalan
### Etymology

From the genus name, from Kari'na arawata (“Venezuelan red howler”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.luˈa.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.luˈa.ta]

### Noun

aluata m (plural aluates)
* howler monkey
    Synonym: mona udoladora

### Further reading

* “aluata” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
# löksoppa
## Swedish
### Etymology

Compound of lök +‎ soppa.

### Noun

löksoppa c
* onion soup

#### Declension
### Further reading

* löksoppa in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
# lökskalen
## Swedish
### Noun

lökskalen
* definite plural of lökskal
# politécnico
## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /po.liˈtɛk.ni.ku/, /ˌpɔ.liˈtɛk.ni.ku/
* (Brazil) IPA: /po.liˈtɛk.ni.ku/, /ˌpɔ.liˈtɛk.ni.ku/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /po.liˈtɛk.ni.ko/, /ˌpɔ.liˈtɛk.ni.ko/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pu.liˈtɛ.kni.ku/, /ˌpɔ.liˈtɛ.kni.ku/
* Rhymes: -ɛkniku
* Hyphenation: po‧li‧téc‧ni‧co

### Adjective

politécnico (feminine politécnica, masculine plural politécnicos, feminine plural politécnicas)
* polytechnic

### Noun

politécnico m (plural politécnicos)
* polytechnic

## Spanish
### Adjective

politécnico (feminine politécnica, masculine plural politécnicos, feminine plural politécnicas)
* polytechnic

### Further reading

* “politécnico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
# arrectu
## Latin
### Verb

arrēctū
* ablative supine of arrigō
# benet
## English
### Etymology 1

From be- +‎ net.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɪˈnɛt/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛt

#### Verb

benet (third-person singular simple present benets, present participle benetting, simple past and past participle benetted)
* (transitive) To catch in a net; ensnare.
* (transitive) To surround as by a net.
** c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:Being thus benetted round with villains

### Etymology 2

From French [Term?], from Latin benedictus (“blessed”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɛnət/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛnət

#### Noun

benet (plural benets)
* An exorcist, the third of the four lesser orders in the Roman Catholic church.

## Danish
### Adjective

benet
* bony, angular

#### Inflection
### Noun

benet n
* definite singular of ben

### Verb

benet
* past participle of bene

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

benet n
* definite singular of ben

## Swedish
### Noun

benet
* definite singular of ben

### Anagrams

* beten
# benestarista
## Italian
### Etymology

From benestare +‎ -ista.

### Noun

benestarista m or f by sense (masculine plural benestaristi, feminine plural benestariste)
* tester, checker (person, industrial)
# benesyana
## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish veneciana.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /benesˈjana/ [bɛ.n̪ɛˈʃaː.n̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ana
* Syllabification: be‧nes‧ya‧na

### Noun

benesyana (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜈ)
* Venetian blind
# trafaretu
## Latvian
### Noun

trafaretu m
* inflection of trafarets:
** accusative/instrumental singular
** genitive plural
# trafatajn
## Esperanto
### Adjective

trafatajn
* accusative plural present passive participle of trafi
# trafatan
## Esperanto
### Adjective

trafatan
* accusative singular present passive participle of trafi
# lymphaveris
## Latin
### Verb

lymphāveris
* second-person singular future perfect active indicative of lymphō

### Verb

lymphāverīs
* second-person singular perfect active subjunctive of lymphō
# befugt
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Participle

befugt
* past participle of befugen

### Adjective

befugt (strong nominative masculine singular befugter, not comparable)
* authorized

#### Related terms

* Befugnis
* unbefugt

### Further reading

* “befugt” in Duden online
# befal
## English
### Verb

befal (third-person singular simple present befals, present participle befaling, simple past befel, past participle befalen)
* Obsolete form of befall.
** 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:Another misfortune which befel poor Sophia was the company of Lord Fellamar, whom she met at the opera, and who attended her to the drum.
** 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter IV, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume III, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 84:[…] they parted, with a very earnest assurance on her side of her unceasing good wishes for his happiness in every change of situation that might befal him; […]
** 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, “The Beginning of a Long Journey”, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 334:He promised to communicate with me, when anything befel him; and he slung his bag about him, took his hat and stick, and bade us both “Good bye!”
** 1861, Elizabeth Gaskell, The Grey Woman:I only hoped that whatever was to befal me might soon be over, for the tension of nerve was growing more than I could bear.

### Anagrams

* fable
# befallas
## Swedish
### Verb

befallas
* passive infinitive of befalla
# lákal
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlaːkal]

### Participle

lákal
* masculine singular past active participle of lákat
# arreganhada
## Portuguese
### Participle

arreganhada f sg
* feminine singular of arreganhado
# arreganha
## Portuguese
### Verb

arreganha
* inflection of arreganhar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative
# arrojaran
## Spanish
### Verb

arrojaran
* third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of arrojar
# arrojaras
## Portuguese
### Verb

arrojaras
* second-person singular pluperfect indicative of arrojar

## Spanish
### Verb

arrojaras
* second-person singular imperfect subjunctive of arrojar
# trametterei
## Italian
### Verb

trametterei
* first-person singular conditional of tramettere
# tramettente
## Italian
### Participle

tramettente (plural tramettenti)
* present participle of tramettere
# trano fianarana
## Malagasy
### Noun

trano fianarana
* institution
# trano fiambenana
## Malagasy
### Noun

trano fiambenana
* guardhouse
# pollincto
## Latin
### Participle

pollīnctō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of pollīnctus
# poi che
## Italian
### Etymology 1

Calque of Latin post quam.

#### Preposition

poi che
* (literary, obsolete) after
** 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 13–15; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:Ma poi ch’i’ fui al piè d’un colle giunto, là dove terminava quella valle che m’avea di paura il cor compunto, […]But after I had reached a mountain's foot, ⁠At that point where the valley terminated, ⁠Which had with consternation pierced my heart,

### Etymology 2
#### Conjunction

poi che
* Alternative form of poiché
# poi'ittaminen
## Finnish
### Etymology

poi’ittaa +‎ -minen

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpoi̯.itːɑminen/, [ˈpo̞i̯.it̪ˌt̪ɑ̝mine̞n]
* Rhymes: -ɑminen
* Syllabification: poi‧it‧ta‧mi‧nen

### Noun

poi’ittaminen
* verbal noun of poi’ittaa
** having or making calve or litter

#### Declension

Possessive forms of poi’ittaminen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) :
# transculturizare
## Spanish
### Verb

transculturizare
* first/third-person singular future subjunctive of transculturizar
# arrincásemos
## Galician
### Verb

arrincásemos
* first-person plural imperfect subjunctive of arrincar
# arrincássemos
## Galician
### Verb

arrincássemos
* (reintegrationist norm) first-person plural imperfect subjunctive of arrincar
# begehbare
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

begehbare
* inflection of begehbar:
** strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
** strong nominative/accusative plural
** weak nominative all-gender singular
** weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
# sürtgəc
## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From sürtmək (“to rub”) +‎ -gəc.
Compare süzgəc (“grater”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

sürtgəc (definite accusative sürtgəci, plural sürtgəclər)
* grater
    Synonym: rəndə

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “sürtgəc” in Obastan.com.
# aluminato
## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.lu.miˈna.tu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.lu.miˈna.tu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.lu.miˈna.to/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.lu.miˈna.tu/
* Hyphenation: a‧lu‧mi‧na‧to

### Noun

aluminato m (plural aluminatos)
* (chemistry) aluminate (compound containing aluminium and oxygen)
# microhistorias
## Spanish
### Noun

microhistorias f pl
* plural of microhistoria
# almorzaba
## Galician
### Verb

almorzaba
* first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of almorzar

## Spanish
### Verb

almorzaba
* first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of almorzar
# lákca
## Northern Sami
### Etymology

From Proto-Samic *lāvccë, from Proto-Norse [Term?].

### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈlaːkːt͡sa/

### Noun

lákca
* cream (dairy product)

#### Derived terms

* lákcut

#### Further reading

* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
# volok
## English
### Noun

volok (plural voloks)
* (historical) A late-medieval unit of land measurement in Poland and Lithuania, approximately 20 hectares. It was subdivided into 30 or 33 morgens.

#### Alternative forms

* wloka
# prądy
## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈprɔndɘ/
* Rhymes: -ɔndɘ
* Syllabification: prą‧dy

### Noun

prądy m inan
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of prąd
# bālākām
## Latvian
### Adjective

bālākām
* dative/instrumental plural feminine of bālāks
# bɛri
## Dama (Sierra Leone)
### Noun

bɛri
* grave

### References

* Dalby, T. D. P. (1963) “The extinct language of Dama”, in Sierra Leone Language Review, volume 2, Freetown: Fourah Bay College, pages 50–54
# bɛɛre
## Moore
### Etymology

from French bière

### Noun

bɛɛre
* imported beer
# pyrolitic
## English
### Adjective

pyrolitic
* Misspelling of pyrolytic.
# pyrolignic
## English
### Etymology

From pyro- +‎ lignic.

### Adjective

pyrolignic (not comparable)
* produced from wood by the action of heat

#### Synonyms

* pyroligneous
# reaccionantes
## Spanish
### Adjective

reaccionantes m pl or f pl
* plural of reaccionante
# reaccionarades
## Galician
### Verb

reaccionarades
* second-person plural pluperfect indicative of reaccionar
# assaran
## Old Prussian
### Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *éźera. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic ѥзєро (jezero), Lithuanian ežeras and Latvian ezers.

### Noun

assaran
* lake
** c. 1300, Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary‎ (in Middle High German), page 170, line 60:See AssaranLake Assaran

### Further reading

* G. H. F. Nesselmann (1873) “assaran”, in Thesaurus linguae prussicae. Der preussische Vocabelvorrath [...] (in German), Berlin: Ferd. Dümmlers Verlagsbuchhandlung; Harrwitz & Gossmann, page 9
* Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988) “assaran”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎ (in Lithuanian), volume 1, Vilnius: Mokslas, page 104
* Derksen, Rick (2015) “ežeras”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 158
# assaras
## Latin
### Verb

assārās
* second-person singular pluperfect active indicative of assō

## Portuguese
### Verb

assaras
* second-person singular pluperfect indicative of assar
# bǎoxué
## Mandarin
### Romanization

bǎoxué (Zhuyin ㄅㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 飽學／饱学
# asmenī
## Latvian
### Noun

asmenī m
* locative singular of asmens
# asociiĝoj
## Esperanto
### Noun

asociiĝoj
* plural of asociiĝo
# asportazione
## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin asportātiōnem.

### Noun

asportazione f (plural asportazioni)
* removal (by surgery)

#### Related terms

* asportare
# realizzativo
## Italian
### Adjective

realizzativo (feminine realizzativa, masculine plural realizzativi, feminine plural realizzative)
* (relational) realization, implementation, putting into practice

#### Related terms

* realizzare
* realizzazione

### Anagrams

* valorizziate
# micropteris
## Latin
### Adjective

micropterīs
* dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of micropterus
# micropterigid
## English
### Noun

micropterigid (plural micropterigids)
* (zoology) Any moth in the family Micropterigidae.
# microcomedo
## English
### Etymology

From micro- +‎ comedo.

### Noun

microcomedo (plural microcomedones or microcomedos)
* (medicine) The microscopic plugging of corneocytes in the early stage of formation of an acne lesion.
# microcomedones
## English
### Noun

microcomedones
* plural of microcomedone
# beblister
## English
### Etymology

From be- +‎ blister.

### Verb

beblister (third-person singular simple present beblisters, present participle beblistering, simple past and past participle beblistered)
* (transitive, archaic) To blister (cause to be blistered); blister badly; cover with blisters.
# microsporogénesis
## Spanish
### Noun

microsporogénesis f (plural microsporogénesis)
* microsporogenesis
# microsporophyll
## English
### Etymology

From micro- +‎ sporophyll.

### Noun

microsporophyll (plural microsporophylls)
* a leaflike organ that bears one or more microsporangia (contrast megasporophyll or macrosporophyll)
** 1993, Thomas N. Taylor, Edith L. Taylor, The biology and evolution of fossil plants, Prentice-Hall, page 843:
# microsporogenous
## English
### Adjective

microsporogenous (not comparable)
* Involved in microsporogenesis.
** 2012, Vernon Ahmadijian, The Lichens, page 61:A, endobasidial filament of Buellia canescens; B, part of the endobasidial microsporogenous plexus in Lobaria laetevirens; […]
# ravviseresti
## Italian
### Verb

ravviseresti
* second-person singular conditional of ravvisare

### Anagrams

* riavvertisse
# usservovan
## Ladin
### Verb

usservovan
* first-person plural imperfect of usserver
# usservova
## Ladin
### Verb

usservova
* third-person singular imperfect of usserver
* third-person plural imperfect of usserver
# bégayât
## French
### Verb

bégayât
* third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of bégayer
# pārtulkošanā
## Latvian
### Noun

pārtulkošanā f
* locative singular of pārtulkošana
# micronationalists
## English
### Noun

micronationalists
* plural of micronationalist
# aspendan
## Old English
### Etymology

By surface analysis, ā- +‎ spendan.

### Verb

āspendan
* to spend entirely, consume, squander
* to bestow, distribute
# aspellunto
## Latin
### Verb

aspelluntō
* third-person plural future active imperative of aspellō
# aspelluntor
## Latin
### Verb

aspelluntor
* third-person plural future passive imperative of aspellō
# asseverates
## English
### Verb

asseverates
* third-person singular simple present indicative of asseverate
# bedrägligare
## Swedish
### Adjective

bedrägligare
* comparative degree of bedräglig
# bedrägligaste
## Swedish
### Adjective

bedrägligaste
* attributive superlative degree of bedräglig
# microdialysate
## English
### Etymology

From micro- +‎ dialysate.

### Noun

microdialysate (plural microdialysates)
* A dialysate obtained by microdialysis
# microvibratomes
## English
### Noun

microvibratomes
* plural of microvibratome
# before-hand
## English
### Adverb

before-hand (not comparable)
* Archaic form of beforehand.
** 1594, Richard Hooker, “Book 1”, in Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie‎, London: John Walthoe et al, published 1782, page 5:[…] God did not work as a necessary, but a voluntary agent, intending before-hand, and decreeing with himself, that which did outwardly proceed from him.
** 1654, John Bramhall, A Just Vindication of the Church of England from the Unjust Aspersion of Criminal Schism:But the practice of dispensations was much more foul: witness their Penitentiary Tax, wherein a man might see the price of his sin before-hand; their common nundination of pardons, their absolving subjects from their oaths of allegiance […]
** 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras‎, part 1, canto 2, lines 638–641:For to subscribe, unsight, unseen, / To an unknown Church-discipline, / What is it else, but before-hand / T'engage, and after understand?
** 1670, John Milton, The History of Britain, that Part especially now called England, Book II:Agricola, who perceav'd that the noiſe of this defeat had alſo in the Province deſirous of novelty, ſtirr'd up new expectations, reſolves to be before-hand with the danger: […]
** 1671, John Milton, “Of that sort of Dramatic Poem which is call’d Tragedy”, in Paradise Regain’d, to which is added Samson Agonistes‎, London: John Starkey, page 4:And though antient Tragedy use no Prologue, yet using sometimes, in case of self defence, or explanation, that which Martial calls an Epistle; in behalf of this Tragedy coming forth after the antient manner, much different from what among us passes for best, thus much before-hand may be Epistl’d; that Chorus is here introduc’d after the Greek manner, not antient only but modern, and still in use among the Italians.
** 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter VI, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 47:Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other, or ever so similar before-hand, it does not advance their felicity in the least.
# before-and-after
## English
### Alternative forms

* before and after

### Adjective

before-and-after (not comparable)
* Describing a pair of images showing the difference made by a specified treatment
    Synonym: then-and-now

### Noun

before-and-after (plural before-and-afters)
* A before-and-after pair of images.
    Meronyms: after, before
** 1998, Alan Gaynor, “Tightening the Turkey Neck”, in Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Cosmetic Surgery But Couldn’t Afford to Ask: A Complete Look at the Latest Techniques and Why They Are Safer and Less Expensive, by One of Today’s Most Prominent Cosmetic Surgeons, New York, N.Y.: Broadway Books, →ISBN, part II (The Procedures), page 75:I got back to my practice in San Francisco, two months went by, when a package from Dr. Toledo arrived with photos of the results. Looking at these before-and-afters of people who we’d seen directly was like one of those amazing moments where time seems to stop and you realize that something momentous has happened and that your life will never be the same again.
** 2002, Lou Schuler with Jeff Volek, Michael Mejia, and Adam Campbell, “Our Burgers, Ourselves”, in The Testosterone Advantage Plan: Lose Weight, Gain Muscle, Boost Energy, [Emmaus, Pa.]: Rodale Inc., →ISBN, part one, page 14, column 1:As for those before-and-afters . . . we wanted them to be real pictures of real guys, just like you. We wanted to show what was achievable for a regular guy in a short 9 weeks. We wanted to give you a hint at how much better the results could be for you personally if you stick with the program longer.
** 2015, Natalie Whipple, Fish out of Water, London: Hot Key Books, →ISBN, page 146:But instead I head to where Betty sits in front of the TV, engrossed in an infomercial for acne medication. She smiles at me when I sit down. “Look at those before-and-afters! Isn’t that amazing?”