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Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent..

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..

Antecedaneous :: Antecedaneous (a.) Antecedent; preceding in time.

Consequent :: Consequent (n.) The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent..

Anterior :: Anterior (a.) Before in time; antecedent.

Correlative :: Correlative (n.) The antecedent of a pronoun.

Antedate :: Antedate (n.) Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.

Precedent :: Precedent (n.) A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign..

Abiogenist :: Abiogenist (n.) One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent.

Precedently :: Precedently (adv.) Beforehand; antecedently.

Precedent :: Precedent (a.) Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services..

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

Departure :: Departure (n.) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another..

Previously :: Previously (adv.) Beforehand; antecedently; as, a plan previously formed..

Foregleam :: Foregleam (n.) An antecedent or premonitory gleam; a dawning light.

Enthymeme :: Enthymeme (n.) An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted; as, We are dependent; therefore we should be humble. Here the major proposition is suppressed. The complete syllogism would be, Dependent creatures should be humble; we are dependent creatures; therefore we should be humble..

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

Antecedency :: Antecedency (n.) The state or condition of being antecedent; priority.

Relative :: Relative (n.) A relative pronoun; a word which relates to, or represents, another word or phrase, called its antecedent; as, the relatives who, which, that..

Etoolin :: Etoolin (n.) A yellowish coloring matter found in plants grown in darkness, which is supposed to be an antecedent condition of chlorophyll..

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