Definition of antecedent

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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..

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Priority :: Priority (a.) The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application..
Precondition :: Precondition (n.) A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition.
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..
Uncaused :: Uncaused (a.) Having no antecedent cause; uncreated; self-existent; eternal.
Trypsinogen :: Trypsinogen (n.) The antecedent of trypsin, a substance which is contained in the cells of the pancreas and gives rise to the trypsin..
Precedently :: Precedently (adv.) Beforehand; antecedently.
Whence :: Whence (adv.) From what place; hence, from what or which source, origin, antecedent, premise, or the like; how; -- used interrogatively..
Precedaneous :: Precedaneous (a.) Preceding; antecedent; previous.
Precedent :: Precedent (n.) A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign..
Presupposition :: Presupposition (n.) The act of presupposing; an antecedent implication; presumption.
Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) One who precedes or goes in front.
Antedate :: Antedate (n.) Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
Antecedently :: Antecedently (adv.) Previously; before in time; at a time preceding; as, antecedently to conversion..
Premise :: Premise (n.) A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
Etoolin :: Etoolin (n.) A yellowish coloring matter found in plants grown in darkness, which is supposed to be an antecedent condition of chlorophyll..
Prefix :: Prefix (v. t.) To set or appoint beforehand; to settle or establish antecedently.
Preterient :: Preterient (a.) Passed through; antecedent; previous; as, preterient states..
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..
Preordinance :: Preordinance (n.) Antecedent decree or determination.
Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) That which goes before in time; that which precedes.
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