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Relative :: Relative (a.) Indicating or expressing relation; refering to an antecedent; as, a relative pronoun..

Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history..

Pepsinogen :: Pepsinogen (n.) The antecedent of the ferment pepsin. A substance contained in the form of granules in the peptic cells of the gastric glands. It is readily convertible into pepsin. Also called propepsin.

For :: For (prep.) Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action; the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an act or state; the reason of anything; that on account of which a thing is or is done.

Antecedent :: Antecedent (a.) Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability..

Preterient :: Preterient (a.) Passed through; antecedent; previous; as, preterient states..

Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die..

Which :: Which (pron.) A relative pronoun, used esp. in referring to an antecedent noun or clause, but sometimes with reference to what is specified or implied in a sentence, or to a following noun or clause (generally involving a reference, however, to something which has preceded). It is used in all numbers and genders, and was formerly used of persons..

Alternately :: Alternately (adv.) By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent..

Presentiment :: Presentiment (n.) Previous sentiment, conception, or opinion; previous apprehension; especially, an antecedent impression or conviction of something unpleasant, distressing, or calamitous, about to happen; anticipation of evil; foreboding..

Previous :: Previous (a.) Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness..

What :: What (pron., a., & adv.) Used substantively with the antecedent suppressed, equivalent to that which, or those [persons] who, or those [things] which; -- called a compound relative..

Former :: Former (a.) Preceding in order of time; antecedent; previous; prior; earlier; hence, ancient; long past..

Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) That which goes before in time; that which precedes.

Precondition :: Precondition (n.) A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition.

Presuppose :: Presuppose (v. t.) To suppose beforehand; to imply as antecedent; to take for granted; to assume; as, creation presupposes a creator..

Proleptical :: Proleptical (a.) Previous; antecedent.

Priority :: Priority (a.) The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application..

Prefix :: Prefix (v. t.) To set or appoint beforehand; to settle or establish antecedently.

Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move..

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