Definition of antecedent

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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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Premise :: Premise (n.) A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
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..
Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence Solomon was the prince who built the temple, prince is the antecedent of who..
Precedaneous :: Precedaneous (a.) Preceding; antecedent; previous.
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..
Homologous :: Homologous (a.) Having the same relative proportion or value, as the two antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion..
Antedate :: Antedate (n.) Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
Fore :: Fore (adv.) Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; -- opposed to back or behind; as, the fore part of a garment; the fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon..
Presupposition :: Presupposition (n.) The act of presupposing; an antecedent implication; presumption.
Former :: Former (a.) Preceding in order of time; antecedent; previous; prior; earlier; hence, ancient; long past..
Trypsinogen :: Trypsinogen (n.) The antecedent of trypsin, a substance which is contained in the cells of the pancreas and gives rise to the trypsin..
Preterient :: Preterient (a.) Passed through; antecedent; previous; as, preterient states..
Prefix :: Prefix (v. t.) To set or appoint beforehand; to settle or establish antecedently.
Prior :: Prior (a.) Preceding in the order of time; former; antecedent; anterior; previous; as, a prior discovery; prior obligation; -- used elliptically in cases like the following: he lived alone [in the time] prior to his marriage..
Preordinance :: Preordinance (n.) Antecedent decree or determination.
Foregleam :: Foregleam (n.) An antecedent or premonitory gleam; a dawning light.
Antecedency :: Antecedency (n.) The state or condition of being antecedent; priority.
Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move..
Prefigure :: Prefigure (v. t.) To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to foreshadow..
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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