The term 'APPEAR BEFORE' can be broken down into four crossword solutions: PREDATE (7 letters), ERE (3 letters), TESTIFY (7 letters), and PRECEDE (7 letters). PREDATE means to occur or exist before a certain time, while ERE is an archaic word meaning before. TESTIFY means to give evidence or to bear witness to something, and PRECEDE means to come before in time, place, order, or rank. All four of these words are related to the concept of appearing before something else, either in terms of time, order, or rank.