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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Antecedent :: Antecedent (a.) Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability..
Preconformity :: Preconformity (n.) Anticipative or antecedent conformity.
Antecedent :: Antecedent (a.) Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause..
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..
Proleptical :: Proleptical (a.) Previous; antecedent.
Correlative :: Correlative (n.) The antecedent of a pronoun.
Whence :: Whence (adv.) From what place; hence, from what or which source, origin, antecedent, premise, or the like; how; -- used interrogatively..
Presuppose :: Presuppose (v. t.) To suppose beforehand; to imply as antecedent; to take for granted; to assume; as, creation presupposes a creator..
Anterior :: Anterior (a.) Before in time; antecedent.
Antecedently :: Antecedently (adv.) Previously; before in time; at a time preceding; as, antecedently to conversion..
Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history..
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..
Precedently :: Precedently (adv.) Beforehand; antecedently.
Preterient :: Preterient (a.) Passed through; antecedent; previous; as, preterient states..
Prefix :: Prefix (v. t.) To set or appoint beforehand; to settle or establish antecedently.
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..
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..
Antedate :: Antedate (n.) Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
Presupposition :: Presupposition (n.) The act of presupposing; an antecedent implication; presumption.
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