adv

• (chiefly literary or poetic) In advance in position or sequence; ahead.
  "We walked behind while they went before."
• (uncommon) At the front end.
  "When people call this beast to mind, They marvel more and more At such a little tail behind, So LARGE a trunk before."

conj

• (informal) Rather or sooner than.
  "I'll die before I('ll) tell you anything about it."

noun

• (uncommon, often poetic) That which occurred or existed previously.
  "As all are commanded to yield like the mummy when the dung beetle rolls the sun / before all the befores of the trillion nights past night and day / though I knew that the broken receding mouth of the Sphinx had nothing to add / of resurrection in the history of its grimace."
• (rare) A previous form or instance.
  "A big wind blew all their befores away. Impacted teeth grew over their names. Even the lines in their hands unraveled, these are the lines they stand in to ask for their hands back."