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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Former

	Former \Form"er\, n.
   1. One who forms; a maker; a creator.
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   2. (Mech.)
      (a) A shape around which an article is to be shaped,
          molded, woven wrapped, pasted, or otherwise
          constructed.
      (b) A templet, pattern, or gauge by which an article is
          shaped.
      (c) A cutting die.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Former

	Former \For"mer\, a. [A compar. due to OE. formest. See
   Foremost.]
   1. Preceding in order of time; antecedent; previous; prior;
      earlier; hence, ancient; long past.
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            For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age. --Job.
                                                  viii. 8.
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            The latter and former rain.           --Hosea vi. 3.
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   3. Near the beginning; preceeding; as, the former part of a
      discourse or argument.
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   3. Earlier, as between two things mentioned together; first
      mentioned.
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            A bad author deserves better usage than a bad
            critic; a man may be the former merely through the
            misfortune of an ill judgment; but he can not be
            latter without both that and an ill temper. --Pope.

   Syn: Prior; previous; anterior; antecedent; preceding;
        foregoing.
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Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
Former

	former
     adj 1: referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned
            (or the earlier one or ones of several); "the novel
            was made into a film in 1943 and again in 1967; I
            prefer the former version to the latter one" [syn: former(a)]
            [ant: latter(a)]
     2: belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our
        former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her
        quondam lover" [syn: erstwhile(a), former(a), once(a),
         onetime(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)]
     3: (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" [syn:
        former(a), late(a), previous(a)]
     4: of the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe";
        "former generations"; "in other times" [syn: early(a), former(a),
         other(a)]
     n : the first of two or the first mentioned of two; "Tom and
         Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered
         today" [ant: latter]

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Former

	56 Moby Thesaurus words for "former":
   aforementioned, aforenamed, aforesaid, ancient, antecedent,
   antediluvian, anterior, anticipatory, beforementioned, bygone,
   ci-devant, departed, earlier, early, elder, eldest, erstwhile,
   first, first-born, firstling, fore, foregoing, forementioned,
   forenamed, immemorial, last, late, latest, major, named, old,
   olden, older, oldest, once, onetime, past, precedent, preceding,
   precurrent, preexistent, prehistoric, previous, prime, primeval,
   primitive, primogenitary, prior, quondam, recent, said, same,
   senior, sometime, then, whilom

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