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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..

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

Preordinance :: Preordinance (n.) Antecedent decree or determination.

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

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..

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

Effect :: Effect (n.) In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as, the effect of luxury..

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

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

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

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

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

Uncaused :: Uncaused (a.) Having no antecedent cause; uncreated; self-existent; eternal.

Reflexive :: Reflexive (a.) Having for its direct object a pronoun which refers to the agent or subject as its antecedent; -- said of certain verbs; as, the witness perjured himself; I bethought myself. Applied also to pronouns of this class; reciprocal; reflective..

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

Zymogen :: Zymogen (n.) A mother substance, or antecedent, of an enzyme or chemical ferment; -- applied to such substances as, not being themselves actual ferments, may by internal changes give rise to a ferment..

Antecedently :: Antecedently (adv.) Previously; before in time; at a time preceding; as, antecedently to conversion..

Homologous :: Homologous (a.) Having the same relative proportion or value, as the two antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion..

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

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

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